by Oscar Hijuelos · Hyperion Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9781401323349
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«Beautiful Maria of My Soul» is the historical novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published by Hyperion Books in hardcover (352 pages, in English).
It tells the story of María, a Cuban beauty who captivated Néstor Castillo, a Mambo Kings musician who composed for her the song that bears her name. Now in her sixties, living in Miami with her daughter Teresa, María recalls that love and her youth, offering a different view from the previous novel.
Second installment of the Mambo Kings saga and continuation of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Aimed at those who enjoyed The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love and wish to expand that story with the perspective of its heroine.
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.
