New York, New York, USA: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers, 2000. CE2 - A trade paperback book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear primarily in the form of some yellowing on the outside paper edges plus there are two staple holes on the front cover plus there is one dogeared page. A book about the joys, desires, and disappointments of assimilation into American life witnessed through the experience of a formerly prosperous Cuban émigré who is now a cleaning woman in New York city. This is a New York Time Notable Book. The author is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a Rome Fellowship of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and a grant from the National endowment for the Arts. By the author of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," "Our House in the Last World," "the Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien," and "Mr. Ives' Christmas." 342p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.25"x8".

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SCW08933
Title: The Empress of the Splendid Season
Author: Hijuelos, Óscar
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
ISBN 10: 0060928700
ISBN 13: 9780060928704
Publisher: Harper Perennial/HarperCollins Publishers
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Ficton Literary Literature Cuban-American Author Cuban-American Authors Cuban-American Literature Cuban-American Writer Cuban American Writer Cuban Americans Cuban-Americans New York Saga Sagas Cuban Emigre Cuban Emigres Cleaning Woman Janitorial Work Emi
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction / Ethnic Fiction;
Size: 5.25"x8"

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