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News From Paraguay
Author: Lily Tuck
Narrator: Lisette Lecat
Unabridged: 10 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC
Published: 11/25/2011
Category: Fiction - Historical
Synopsis
The year is l854. In Paris, Francisco Solano -- the future dictator of Paraguay -- begins his courtship of the young, beautiful Irish courtesan Ella Lynch with a poncho, a Paraguayan band, and ahorse named Mathilde. Ella follows Franco to AsunciOn and reigns there as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's ill-fated imperial dream -- one fueled by a heedless arrogance that will devastate all of Paraguay. With the urgency of the narrative, rich and intimate detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, The News from Paraguay recalls the epic novels of Gabriel GarcIa MArquez and Mario Vargas Llosa.