by Oscar Hijuelos · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472238251
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«Las catorce hermanas de Emilio Montez O'Brien» is the novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback, with 456 pages, in Spanish.
Margarita, the eldest of the fourteen daughters, narrates the story of the O'Brien-Montez family: the Irish photographer Nelson, the Cuban Mariela, the loves and tragedies of the sisters, and the birth of Emilio, the only son, in 1925. The novel follows Emilio's life between bohemia, the army and Hollywood, as an actor in B-movies.
Andanzas Collection, number 224. Translation by Maribel de Juan. Cover with the work «The Woman», by Rick Smith.
For readers of contemporary fiction and family sagas with an interest in stories of immigration and choral narration.
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.
