Beautiful
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- Synopsis
- This magical tale of love and rivalry between two brothers in Mexico is an &“intense, engaging, psychologically deep [novel that] lives up to its title&” (Ex Libris). Miguel is beautiful. His beauty is so rare and miraculous that it has made him the object of cult-like devotion in the city. With a mix of admiration and disquiet, his older brother Santiago observes the prodigious effect that Miguel&’s looks have on his mother and father, neighbors, passersby, and the droves of female suitors who follow him everywhere. With Miguel constantly under the spotlight, Santiago is left to inhabit darker, hidden places, from where he will finally learn that life is not easy for anyone, even his prodigiously handsome brother. Set in Mexico, this story is narrated with deep psychological insight yet shines with the mythical light of magical realism. Disappointments, flights, regrets, reunions, goodbyes, epiphanies make up this story, as we follow the two brothers, their family, the women they love, and the people around them—all forever marked, each in their own way, by their extraordinary encounter with Beauty. &“Massimo Cuomo&’s writing, not the protagonist&’s beauty, is what&’s truly wonderful about this book.&” —Coooperazione
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781609455828
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781609455811
- Publisher:
- Europa Editions
- Date of Addition:
- 09/08/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Edizioni e/o
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Will Schutt