by Oscar Hijuelos · Siruela · tapa dura · ISBN 9788478440818
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«Nuestra casa en el fin del mundo» is the novel by Óscar Hijuelos, published by Siruela in hardcover (279 pages, in Spanish).
The novel narrates the arrival of a Cuban family in New York in 1943 and the contrast between the Caribbean world they leave behind and American culture. Through the eyes of the youngest son of the Santinios, the story composes a family chronicle marked by nostalgia, passion and the complexities of uprootedness, in line with the author's own biography.
The translation is by Jordi Mustieles. The book belongs to the Libros del tiempo collection (no. 30).
For readers of contemporary fiction and fiction about the Cuban-American experience.
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.
