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by Alejandro Puyana

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A multigenerational, Latin American saga of love and revolution in which a rebel who commits a youthful betrayal receives a late-life chance at redemption and a new life: "a tour de force" from "the new master" (Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene).

In 1964, Stanislavo, a zealous young man devoted to his ideals, turns his back on his privilege to join the leftist movement in the jungles of Venezuela. There, as he trains, he meets Emiliana, a nurse and fellow revolutionary. Though their intense connection seems to be love at first sight, their romance is upended by a decision with consequences that will echo down through the generations.

Almost forty years later, in a poor barrio of Caracas, Mara, a single mother, ekes out a precarious existence as a housekeeper, pouring her love into Eloy, her young son. Her devotion will not be enough, however, to keep them from disaster. On the eve of the attempted coup against President Chvez, Eloy is wounded by a stray bullet, fracturing her world. Amid the chaos at the hospital, Mara encounters Stanislavo, now a newspaper editor. Even as the country itself is convulsed by waves of unrest, this twist of fate forces a belated reckoning for Stanislavo, who may yet earn a chance to atone for old missteps before it's too late.

With its epic scope, gripping narrative, and unflinching intimacy, Freedom Is a Feast announces a major new talent. Alejandro Puyana has delivered a wise and moving debut about sticking to one's beliefs at the expense of pain and chaos, about the way others can suffer for our misdeeds even when we have the best of intentions, and about the possibility for redemption when love persists across time.

Winner of the Westport Prize for Literature

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  • Title Freedom Is a Feast
  • Author Alejandro Puyana
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company
  • Publication date 2024-08-20
  • ISBN 9780316571784 / 0316571784
  • Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.5 in (23.62 x 15.49 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Ethnic Orientation: Hispanic
    • Ethnic Orientation: Latino
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  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Political fiction, Man-woman relationships
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2024933873
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.6

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  • Booklist, 07/01/2024, Page 32
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2024, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 07/08/2024, Page 0

About the author

Alejandro Puyana, who came to the United States from Venezuela at the age of twenty-six, received his MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas. His work has appeared in Tin House, American Short Fiction, The American Scholar, and elsewhere, and his story "Hands of Dirty Children" was reprinted in Best American Short Stories. He lives with his wife (the writer Brittani Sonnenberg) and daughter in Austin, Texas.

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