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Hagiography of Narcisa the beautiful
- Title
- Hagiography of Narcisa the beautiful / by Mireya Robles ; translated by Anna Diegel with the collaboration of the author.
- Author
- Robles, Mireya.
- Publication
- Columbia, LA : Readers International, [1996], ©1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PQ7390.R57 H313 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 188 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- Playing on the rich Latin American literary tradition of the Saint's Life, Cuban writer Mireya Robles creates a humorous, ultimately horrifying vision of the nuclear family in this innovative novel, set in Cuba's asphyxiating provincial society during the nineteen fifties.
- The philandering father, the sensitive yet sadistic older brother, the mother living on radio soap operas, the pretty, empty-headed younger sister - all are seen through the eyes of Narcisa, the relentlessly optimistic and ecstatic ugly duckling of her family. Narcisa's imagination both endows and parodies her surroundings with rich comedy and grotesqueness.
- Uniform Title
- Hagiografia de Narcisa la bella. English
- Alternative Title
- Hagiografia de Narcisa la bella.
- ISBN
- 1887378030 (pbk.) :
- 1887378022 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 96067376
- OCLC
- 35911201
- ocm35911201
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries