PARADISE (PAPERBACK) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days In this ingenious satire, Solita, the not quite ten-year-old daughter of refugees from Franco s Spain, is whisked from the urban ghetto of Galmeda to El Topaz, the lush hacienda of a wealthy eccentric, which her mother assures her will be paradise. But behind its beautiful facade, El Topaz is a quagmire of social subterfuge, from its politicking adults to its spiteful children, and Solita finds herself alone in a glittery world where you couldn t trust anything. Or anybody. You had to navigate completely on your own. " Features Summary Nominated for the 1990 National Book Award, here is the impressive literary debut of an acclaimed new Latin American talent. Ten-year-old Solita serves as the insightful narrator of this exquisitely written... Author Elena Castedo Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Release date 19950929 Pages 328 ISBN 0-8021-3427-0 ISBN 13 978-0-8021-3427-1