Free - Our House in the Last World by Oscar Hijuelos
Genre: Literary Fiction, United States, Hispanic American
Originally published May 1983
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Hector Santinio is the younger son of Cuban immigrants living in New York. Caught between his mother’s anxieties and his father’s macho expectations, he struggles to find an identity for himself while wrestling with both cultural and personal isolation. Meanwhile Horatio, his older brother, falls into the womanizing and drinking pattern demonstrated by their father. This is a sweeping, poignant tale of the immigrant experience in New York—as a homeland the brothers have never visited exerts an undeniable influence on them both.
Our House in the Last World is the first novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos. Containing strongly autobiographical elements, it is told with compelling lyrical power—demonstrating the mastery over language, character, and narrative that would later win him so much acclaim.
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From Publishers Weekly
The chaotic experience of Cubans transplanted to New York City throbs through the narrator's voice in this debut novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love . "Elegiac as well as bittersweet and celebratory, the lusty tone of this novel compensates for its erratic structure," stated PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist launched his career with this 1983 title. The autobiographical work is the coming-of-age story of Hector Santino. Born in New York City to Cuban immigrants, Hector learns about his parent's native country and his heritage through their stories. This edition contains a new introduction and afterword by Hijuelos.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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