ISBN: 9780060934866

?Brimming with rich descriptions of a beautiful country?.The News From Paraguay evolves from a quirky, elegant tale of an unconventional love affair into a sweeping epic.? ? Fort Worth St… Meer...

?Brimming with rich descriptions of a beautiful country?.The News From Paraguay evolves from a quirky, elegant tale of an unconventional love affair into a sweeping epic.? ? Fort Worth Star-Telegram Lily Tuck's impressive novel offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of 19th century Paraguay, a largely untouched wilderness where European and American figures mix with the Spanish aristocracy of the capital and the indigenous peoples from the surrounding areas. The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano?the future dictator of Paraguay?begins his courtship of the young, beautiful Irish courtesan Ella Lynch with a poncho, a Paraguayan band, and a horse named Mathilde. Ella follows Franco to Asunción and reigns there as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's ill-fated imperial dream?one fueled by a heedless arrogance that will devastate all of Paraguay. With the urgency of the narrative, rich and intimate detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, The News from Paraguay recalls the epic novels of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Books, [PU: Harper & Row; Collins; HarperCollins]<

2004, ISBN: 9780060934866

Winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction, Lily Tuckâ??s The News from Paraguay is an impressive novel that offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of 19th century Paraguay, a largely un… Meer...

Winner of the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction, Lily Tuckâ??s The News from Paraguay is an impressive novel that offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of 19th century Paraguay, a largely untouched wilderness where European and American figures mix with the Spanish aristocracy of the capital and the indigenous peoples from the surrounding areas. The Irish courtesan Ella Lynch, courted in Paris by the future dictator of Paraguay, follows him to Asuncion where she reigns as his mistress. Isolated and a bit lost in this new world, she embraces her loverâ??s ill-fated dream-one fueled by outsized ambition and heedless arrogance, and with devastating consequences for Paraguay and all its inhabitants. | The News from Paraguay by Lily Tuck Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > Fiction & Literature P10140, Lily Tuck<

ISBN: 9780060934866

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