The Resource The taste of sugar : a novel, Marisel Vera
The taste of sugar : a novel, Marisel Vera
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- Summary
- "Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart- wrenching novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of other puertorriquenos, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii-another US territory-where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. Writing in the tradition of great Latin American storytelling, Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar is an unforgettable novel of love and endurance, and a timeless portrait of the reasons we leave home."--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 380 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631497735
- Label
- The taste of sugar : a novel
- Title
- The taste of sugar
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Marisel Vera
- Subject
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- truePlantation life
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- trueImperialism, American -- History -- 19th century
- trueInjustice
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMilitary occupation
- truePuerto Rico
- Puerto Rico -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueRefugees
- Romance fiction
- trueSpanish-American War, 1898
- trueSugar industry and trade
- trueFamilies
- trueHawaii
- Historical fiction
- trueHomesickness
- trueHurricanes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Marisel Vera emerges as a major voice of contemporary fiction with a heart- wrenching novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899 bring devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured, along with thousands of other puertorriquenos, to the sugar plantations of Hawaii-another US territory-where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. Writing in the tradition of great Latin American storytelling, Marisel Vera's The Taste of Sugar is an unforgettable novel of love and endurance, and a timeless portrait of the reasons we leave home."--
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- Provided by publisher
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- 10892535
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vera, Marisel
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3622.E7
- LC item number
- T37 2020
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Immigrants
- Puerto Rico
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The taste of sugar : a novel, Marisel Vera
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-380)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 380 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631497735
- Lccn
- 2019056388
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
-
- on1120094676
- (OCoLC)1120094676
- Label
- The taste of sugar : a novel, Marisel Vera
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-380)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Extent
- 380 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631497735
- Lccn
- 2019056388
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustration, map
- System control number
-
- on1120094676
- (OCoLC)1120094676
Subject
- truePlantation life
- Immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
- trueImperialism, American -- History -- 19th century
- trueInjustice
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMilitary occupation
- truePuerto Rico
- Puerto Rico -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueRefugees
- Romance fiction
- trueSpanish-American War, 1898
- trueSugar industry and trade
- trueFamilies
- trueHawaii
- Historical fiction
- trueHomesickness
- trueHurricanes
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