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I was never the First Lady : a novel
- Title
- I was never the First Lady : a novel / Wendy Guerra ; translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas.
- Author
- Guerra, Wendy, 1970-
- Publication
- New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 22-143 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Obejas, Achy, 1956-
- Description
- 262 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "A lush, sensuous, and original tale of family, love, and history, set against the backdrop of the Cuban Revolution and its aftermath. Nadia Guerra's mother, Albis Torres, left when Nadia was just ten years old. Growing up, the proponents of revolution promised a better future. Now that she's an adult, Nadia finds that life in Havana hasn't quite matched its promise; instead it has stifled her rebellious and artistic desires. Each night she DJs a radio show government censors block from broadcasting. Frustrated, Nadia finds hope and a way out when she wins a scholarship to study in Russia. Leaving Cuba offers her the chance to find her long lost mother and her real father. But as she embarks on a journey east, Nadia soon begins to question everything she thought she knew and understood about her past. As Nadia discovers more about her family, her fate becomes entwined with that of Celia Sanchez, an icon of the Cuban Revolution--a resistance fighter, ingenious spy, and the rumored lover of Fidel Castro. A tale of revolutionary ideals and promise, Celia's story interweaves with Nadia's search for meaning, and eventually reveals secrets Nadia could never have dreamed"--
- Uniform Title
- Nunca fui primera dama. English
- Alternative Title
- Nunca fui primera dama.
- Subject
- Sánchez Manduley, Celia, 1920-1980 > Fiction
- Torres, Albis, 1947-2004 > Fiction
- Sánchez Manduley, Celia, 1920-1980
- Since 1959
- Women revolutionaries > Cuba > Fiction
- Revolutionaries > Cuba > Fiction
- Women authors > Fiction
- Revolutionaries
- Women authors
- Women revolutionaries
- Cuba > History > 1959-1990 > Fiction
- Cuba > History > 1990- > Fiction
- Cuba
- Genre/Form
- Biographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Note
- "Originally published as Nunca ful primera dama in Spain in 2008 by Ediciones B." -- Verso.
- Call Number
- JFD 22-143
- ISBN
- 9780062990747
- 0062990748
- LCCN
- 2020048907
- 40030755753
- OCLC
- 1202730604
- Author
- Guerra, Wendy, 1970- author.
- Title
- I was never the First Lady : a novel / Wendy Guerra ; translated from the Spanish by Achy Obejas.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
- Edition
- First HarperVia edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- Since 1959
- Added Author
- Obejas, Achy, 1956- translator.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40030755753
- Research Call Number
- JFD 22-143