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A Simple Habana Melody

A Simple Habana Melody

A Novel

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  • Release Date: 27/02/2025
  • Barcode: 9781538722190
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
  • Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
A Simple Habana Melody

A Simple Habana Melody

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DESCRIPTION

A Novel
A "powerfully evocative" novel about a Cuban composer whose 1928 rumba takes Europe and America by storm, with a new foreword from Grammy award-winning jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill (Library Journal).

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Oscar Hijuelos comes a "massively engaging.masterpiece of history, music, wonder, and sorrow" about a composer returning to his beloved homeland after WWII (Kirkus, starred review).

The year is 1947. Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life once revolved around music and love, is finally returning home. En route to Habana, Cuba from Spain, he is a shadow of his former self, disillusioned after he was mistakenly sent to a camp during the Nazi occupation of France.

In Habana, he escapes his anguish by reminiscing about his happiest moments before the war, when he lived a life of pleasure and excitement-and had a loving, if unrequited romance with Rita Valladares, the alluring singer who inspired Levis' most famous composition, "Rosas Puras."

A tender homage to music, art, and a vibrant country at the edge of modernity, A Simple Habana Melody is a melodic, virtuoso performance from one of America's most talented writers.

Includes a reading group guide.



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  • Contributor: Arturo O'Farrill (Foreword by)
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