The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

by Oscar Hijuelos

2020-11-26 08:57:35

When it was first published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love became an international bestselling sensation, winning rave reviews and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that c... Read more
When it was first published in 1989, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love became an international bestselling sensation, winning rave reviews and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that changed the landscape of American literature returns with a new afterword by Oscar Hijuelos. Here is the story of the memorable Castillo brothers, from Havana to New York''s Upper West Side. The lovelorn songwriter Nestor and his macho brother Cesar find success in the city''s dance halls and beyond playing the rhythms that earn them their band''s name, as they struggle with elusive fame and lost love in a richly sensual tale that has become a cultural touchstone and an enduring favorite. Less

Book Details

File size8.27 X 5.63 X 1.14 in
Print pages416
PublisherFarrar, Straus And Giroux
Publication date December 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780060955458
The child of Cuban immigrants, Oscar Hijuelos (1951-2013) was an American-born novelist and the first Hispanic writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A native New Yorker, he earned a Master of ...

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