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The Dark Bride
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The Dark Bride
Sayonara is a young and beautiful Indian girl. She is also a puta, a prostitute, who lives and works in the remote village of Tora. Once a month oil-riggers from the US-owned Tropical Oil Company descend on Tora, where Sayonara's allure is legendary and no one is immune to her charms.
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The Dark Bride is the breakout novel from the award-winning Colombian author of Leopard In the Sun. Full of wit and intelligence, tragedy and compassion, The Dark Bride takes us deep into the Colombian jungle to a magical world of glittering lights, dangerous liaisons, and illicit pleasures.
Sayonara is a young and beautiful Indian girl. She is also a puta, a prostitute, who lives and works in the remote village of Tora. Once a month, oil-riggers from the US-owned Tropical Oil Company descend on Tora, where Sayonara's allure is legendary and no one is immune to her charms.
She rules the squalid paradise like a queen, until one day—against the sage advice of her 'Godmother'—she violates the unwritten laws of her profession and falls in love with a man she can never hope to have. Her unrequited passion burns within her, until, unable to quench her desire, she pursues her dream—the consequences of which are devastating, not only for herself, but for the entire village.
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ISBN: 9780732273835
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 June 2003
Country: Australia
Imprint: Fourth Estate
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 33.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 199.0mm
Weight: 414g
Pages: 446
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About the Author
Laura Restrepo is the bestselling author of six novels, including The Dark Bride, A Tale of the Dispossessed, and Delirio, which received Spain's prestigious Alfaguara Prize. She lives in Colombia. Laura Restrepo fue profesora de literatura en la Universidad de Colombia, editora política en la revista Semana y miembro de la Comisión Nacional para la Paz. Ha escrito destacadas novelas tales como Leopardo al sol; Dulce Compañía, que obtuvo el premio Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz en México y el premio France Culture en Francia; y Delirio, que obtuvo el premio Alfaguara. Actualmente vive en Bogotá, Colombia.
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