Bibliograph

The mortifications, a novel, Derek Palacio

Type

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The mortifications, a novel, Derek Palacio

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The mortifications

Oclc number

928750722

Responsibility statement

Derek Palacio

Sub title

a novel

Summary

In 1980, a rural Cuban family is torn apart during the Mariel Boat-lift. Uxbal Encarnación--father, husband, political insurgent--refuses to leave behind the revolutionary ideals and lush tomato farms of his sun-soaked homeland. His wife Soledad takes young Isabel and Ulises hostage and flees with them to America, leaving behind Uxbal for the promise of a better life. But instead of settling with fellow Cuban immigrants in Miami's familiar heat, Soledad pushes further north into the stark, wintry landscape of Hartford, Connecticut. There, in the long shadow of their estranged patriarch, now just a distant memory, the exiled mother and her children begin a process of growth and transformation

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