A simple Habana melody : a novel / Oscar Hijuelos.

By:

Hijuelos, Oscar Jerome, 1951-2013

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Perennial, 2003Description: 342 pages ; 21 cmISBN:

0060928697
9780060928698

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

813/.54

LOC classification:

PS 3558 H639s 2003

Summary: It is 1947, and Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life had once been a dream of music, love, and sadness, returns to Cuba after being mistakenly imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of France. When Levis arrives back in Habana, his mind returns to an unrequited romance with the alluring Rita Valladares, a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras." This 1928 composition became the most famous rumba in the world and changed American and European tastes in music and dance forever.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	PS 3558 H639s 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000067812

Nota del autor (p.343)

Author of the Pulitzer Prize Winner (The mambo kinfs play songs of love) (portd.)

It is 1947, and Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life had once been a dream of music, love, and sadness, returns to Cuba after being mistakenly imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of France. When Levis arrives back in Habana, his mind returns to an unrequited romance with the alluring Rita Valladares, a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras." This 1928 composition became the most famous rumba in the world and changed American and European tastes in music and dance forever.

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