Overview
Costa Rica, diciembre de 1883. Aitana Ugarte, una joven bilbaína, desembarca en Puerto Limón para casarse por matrimonio concertado con un terrateniente de sesenta años, dueño de un cafetal en las prósperas Tierras Altas de Turrialba, a las faldas de un volcán legendario sobre el cual circula una misteriosa leyenda. Pero cuando llega a la hacienda se encuentra una tierra devastada, a su marido recién fallecido y al hijo de este, un hombre alcohólico, a punto de perder la hacienda por jugar a los dados. Aitana tendrá que enfrentarse a innumerables obstáculos para hacerse con su herencia, echar raíces en un territorio extraño y forjar su propio destino.
Después del éxito de Nenúfares que brillan en aguas tristes, Bárbara Gil regresa a la novela con un evocador romance histórico con el paraíso de ensueño de Costa Rica como telón de fondo. Documentada sobre el terreno para extraer toda la magia de este país desconocido y siguiendo la gesta de las repúblicas bananeras de finales del siglo XIX, la autora narra con una sensibilidad y un talento inigualables una épica aventura en la línea de autoras como Luz Gabás y Sarah Lark, y de clásicos como Memorias de África.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Can one woman change the course of history?
Costa Rica, December 1883. Aitana Ugarte, a young woman from the Basque city of Bilbao, travels to Puerto Limón for an arranged marriage. Her fiancé is a 60-year-old plantation owner in the rich coffee-growing region of Tierras Altas de Turrialba, on the slopes of a legendary volcano around which swirls a mysterious legend. When she arrives at the hacienda, however, the fields are in ruins, her husband-to-be has died, and his alcoholic son has gambled away nearly all his inheritance. Aitana faces a seemingly never-ending series of obstacles to hold on to the estate, make a new life in a foreign country and forging her own destiny.
Following the success of Nenúfares que brillan en aguas tristes [Water Lilies that Glow in Sad Waters], Bárbara Gil returns to fiction in this historical romance set in the dreamlike paradise of Costa Rica. Delving deep into the magic of this strange land and the fate of the late-nineteenth century banana republics, Gil skillfully and sensitively crafts an epic adventure in the spirit of authors such as Luz Gabás and Sarah Lark, and classics along the lines of Out of Africa.
This book title, La leyenda del volcán / The Legend of the Volcano, ISBN: 9788401030543, by Bárbara Gil, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (October 10, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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