Where there was fire
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Flatiron Books, 2023.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
288 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9781250817389, 1250817382, 9781250817389
Notes
Description
"In John Manuel Arias's lush and lyrical debut, a Costa Rican family wrestles with the aftermath of neocolonialism, a deadly secret, and an all-consuming fire. Costa Rica, 1968. When a lethal fire erupts at the American Fruit Company's most lucrative banana plantation burning all evidence of a massive cover-up, the future of Teresa Cepeda Valverde's family is changed forever. Now, twenty-seven years later, Teresa and her daughter Lyra are still picking up the pieces. Lyra wants nothing to do with Teresa, but is desperate to find out what happened to her family that fateful night. Teresa, haunted by a missing husband and the bitter ghost of her mother, Amarga, is unable to reconcile the past. What unfolds is a story of a mother and daughter trying to forgive what they do not yet understand, and the mystery at the heart of one family's rupture, steeped in machismo, jealousy, labor uprisings, and the havoc wreaked by banana plantations in Central America. Brimming with ancestral spirits, omens, and the anthropomorphic forces of nature, John Manuel Arias weaves a brilliant tapestry of love, loss, secrets, and redemption. Set in Costa Rica between 1968 and the mid-1990s, Where There Was Fire paints a vivid portrait of the ways in which agribusiness and international exploitation are intertwined with one family's fate"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Arias, J. M. (2023). Where there was fire. First edition. Flatiron Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Arias, John Manuel. 2023. Where There Was Fire. Flatiron Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Arias, John Manuel, Where There Was Fire. Flatiron Books, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Arias, John Manuel. Where There Was Fire. First edition. Flatiron Books, 2023.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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