| Dear First Love Contributor(s): Valdes, Zoe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060959096 ISBN-13: 9780060959098 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2003 Annotation: The numbing rhythm of daily life in poverty-stricken Havana has deadened Danae's mind and spirit. In search of her first true love, Danae returns to the countryside of her adolescence, where the government of Fidel Castro had sent her and other teenagers in the late 1970s to work in the fields under a corrupt and sadistic overseer. It is there, surrounded by a natural world infused with spiritual wonders, that Danae met and fell in love with Tierra Fortuna Munda, a campesino girl her own age. When the adult Danae finds Tierra again, their lives are transformed and their love reborn. But the ultimate test -- their return to Havana -- still lies before them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Lgbt - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.29" W x 8" (0.50 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Vald s's voice embodies a ferocious vitality and sheer existential appetite that can't be reduced to any ideology. She's as much a connoisseur of the absurdities of the revolutionary life as she is a critic." --New York Times Book Review The numbing rhythm of daily life in poverty-stricken Havana has deadened Danae's mind and spirit. On the brink of a breakdown, she unceremoniously leaves Havana without explanation to her family. In search of her first true love, Danae retreats into the countryside of her adolescence, where the government of Fidel Castro had sent her and other teenagers in the late 1970's to work in the fields under a corrupt and sadistic overseer. It was here, surrounded by a natural world infused with spiritual wonders, that Danae met and fell in love with Tierra Fortuna Munda, a campesino girl her own age. When the adult Danae finds Tierra, their lives are transformed, their love and its mysteries reborn. However, their return to Havana proves to be the ultimate test of love, not only for Danae and Tierra, but also for Danae's desperate family. |
Contributor Bio(s): Valdes, Zoe: - Novelist and poet Zoe Valdes was born in Cuba in 1959. Her two earlier novels, Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada and I Gave You All I Had, have also appeared in English translation. Zoe Valdes lives in Paris with her daughter. |