Overview:

Empress of the Splendid Season : Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, returns with this look at Harlem life in the mid-20th century. His story revolves around the trials and tribulations of Lydia España, a "wonder of affection, crankiness, strength, and gentility." Lydia's eternal belief that she is somehow special carries her through her life's changes, from pampered daughter of a wealthy Cuban family to struggling immigrant seamstress to widowed cleaning lady in Harlem.

Category		Subject
Fiction		Literary

ISBN 13:9780060928704
ISBN 10:0060928700
Format:Softcover
Language:English
Pages:342
Size:8.02" l x 5.38" w x 0.85" h
Ages:
Grade Lvl: Non-Classifiable