Servant's Tale (eBook)

A Novel

Paula Fox (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
338 Seiten
W. W. Norton & Company (Verlag)
978-0-393-34209-3 (ISBN)

Infos

"e;A rare and wondrous thing....[Fox] knows how to create a character."e;-VogueLuisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owner's son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silver-feathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisa's father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his once-powerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. A Servant's Tale is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2025
• Einführung: Melanie Rehak
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• ISBN-10: 0-393-34209-3 / 0393342093
• ISBN-13: 978-0-393-34209-3 / 9780393342093