by Antonio Orlando Rodríguez · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420472942
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«Chiquita» is the novel by Antonio Orlando Rodríguez, published by Alfaguara in paperback (560 pages, in Spanish).
Imaginary biography of Espiridiona Cenda, a Cuban woman of short stature who at the end of the 19th century travels to New York pursuing success as a dancer and singer. The novel recreates her rise in circuses, vaudeville and theaters, her facet as an admired celebrity, her loves and her itinerant life, all framed in an era of great social and technological changes.
It won the Alfaguara Novel Prize 2008. The plot is inspired by a real character, born in 1869 in Matanzas.
Recommended for readers of literary and historical fiction and for those who enjoy recreated lives of real and singular characters.
Antonio Orlando Rodríguez is a Cuban writer, journalist and critic. Born in Havana, he studied journalism at the University of Havana. The author of numerous books for children and young adults, he also writes literary fiction for adults. He won the Alfaguara Prize for his 2008 novel Chiquita, based on the life of Espiridiona Cenda.
