The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
- 407pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Follows the lives and loves of two young Cuban musicians as they make their way from Havana to New York where they earn the title of the Mambo Kings
Les Rois du Mambo Séries
Cette série retrace les vies vibrantes de deux frères cubains qui voyagent de La Havane à la scène de New York pendant l'ère électrisante du mambo. Suivez leur ascension depuis leurs racines de la classe ouvrière jusqu'à devenir des stars des salles de danse, où leur musique pulse de jeunesse, d'amour et de liberté. Plongez dans des réflexions nostalgiques sur un âge d'or rempli de triomphes et de tragédies. La saga capture merveilleusement les thèmes de la fusion culturelle, de l'identité et de l'esprit inoubliable d'une époque musicale.
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“Savor the mysterious power of a master’s pentimento.” —Los Angeles Times “It takes a lot of nerve and skill to pull off something as rich as Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul, but pull it off Hijuelos does.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “I fell instantly in love with the glorious soul of Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul. Hijuelos has created and brought to life two beloved characters, a heart-stealing heroine and Havana during an epoch of changing fate.” —Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club In Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul, Oscar Hijuelos returns to the passionate tale he began twenty years ago in The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. MarÍa is the great Cuban beauty who stole musician Nestor Castillo’s heart and broke it, inspiring him to write the Mambo Kings’ biggest hit, “Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul.'” Now in her sixties and living as an exile in Miami, MarÍa remains a beauty, still capable of turning heads. But while she left Cuba decades ago, she has never forgotten Nestor. As she thinks back to her days—and nights—in Havana, an entirely new perspective on the Mambo Kings story unfolds. Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul is a stunning act of reinvention, and another contemporary classic from an extraordinarily talented writer.