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The Gods of Tango by De Robertis, Carolina
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- Condition
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
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- ISBN
- 9781101874493
- Publication Year
- 2015
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Gods of Tango
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Hispanic & Latino, Romance / Lgbt / Lesbian, Coming of Age, Historical
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Number of Pages
- 384 Pages
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A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of 2015 An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015 February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, clutching a suitcase and her father's cherished violin, leaves her small Italian village for a new home (and husband) halfway across the world in Argentina. Upon her arrival in Buenos Aires, Leda is shocked to find that her bridegroom has been killed. Unable to fathom the idea of returning home, she remains in this unfamiliar city, living in a commune, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. She finally acts on a passion she has kept secret for years: mastering the violin. Leda is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets. Leda knows, however, that she can never play in public as a woman, so she cuts off her hair, binds her breasts, and, as a young man, joins a troupe of musicians bent on bringing tango into the salons of high society. As time progresses, the lines between Leda and her disguise will begin to blur, and feelings that she has long kept suppressed will reveal themselves, jeopardizing not only her music career but her life itself. With evocative scenery, prose suffused with the rhythms of the tango, and a deep, resonant core, De Robertis delivers her most accomplished novel yet.
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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
110187449x
ISBN-13
9781101874493
eBay Product ID (ePID)
21038654636
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gods of Tango
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Hispanic & Latino, Romance / Lgbt / Lesbian, Coming of Age, Historical
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.5in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3604.E129g63 2015
Reviews
"Makes for a poetic read, with De Robertis penning effortlessly lyrical sentences. The novel is true to its time and manages to be engrossing and believable. . . Beautifully written." -- Publishers Weekly "A plea to embrace 'the bright jagged thing you really are,' and De Robertis captures the enormity of that struggle." -- Kirkus Reviews "There is something inherently alluring about the tango. . . [ The Gods of Tango ] captures that allure in a rich feast of history and human drama. . . Leda/Dante's strength of character finds a perfect home in De Robertis' strong narrative." --Brad Hooper, Booklist (starred review) "A sensuous and beautiful book, in which one woman's consuming passion for tango challenges convention, and shapes her identity. The Buenos Aires of the early 1900s is a vivid, dangerous place, and Carolina De Robertis takes us on an epic journey into its heart, and into the lives of the immigrants responsible for the birth of tango." --Saskia Sarginson, author of Without You and The Other Me
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-023450
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Dewey Edition
23
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