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The Taste of Sugar

A Novel

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"A masterful work of historical fiction. . . . [A] Latino Grapes of Wrath."—Ron Charles, Washington Post

Marisel Vera emerges as a major new voice in contemporary fiction with this "capacious" (The New Yorker) novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Up in the mountainous region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their coffee farm from the creditors. When the great San Ciriaco hurricane of 1899 brings devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured along with thousands of other puertorriqueños to the sugar plantations of Hawaii, where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. Depicting the roots of Puerto Rican alienation and exodus, which resonates especially today, The Taste of Sugar is "a gorgeous feat of storytelling" (Tayari Jones).


Publisher: Liveright

Kindle Book

  • Release date: June 16, 2020

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  • ISBN: 9781631497742
  • Release date: June 16, 2020

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  • ISBN: 9781631497742
  • File size: 5880 KB
  • Release date: June 16, 2020

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

"A masterful work of historical fiction. . . . [A] Latino Grapes of Wrath."—Ron Charles, Washington Post

Marisel Vera emerges as a major new voice in contemporary fiction with this "capacious" (The New Yorker) novel set in Puerto Rico on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Up in the mountainous region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their coffee farm from the creditors. When the great San Ciriaco hurricane of 1899 brings devastating upheaval, the young couple is lured along with thousands of other puertorriqueños to the sugar plantations of Hawaii, where they are confronted by the hollowness of America's promises of prosperity. Depicting the roots of Puerto Rican alienation and exodus, which resonates especially today, The Taste of Sugar is "a gorgeous feat of storytelling" (Tayari Jones).