Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
Description |
356 pages ; 21 cm |
Note |
"Originally published in Spanish as Nuestra señora de la noche in Spain in 2006 by Espasa Calpe"--Title page verso. |
Summary |
"Born into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status - armed with incredible physical presence, indomitable ambition, and keen intelligence - she meets Fernando Fornaris, the man who will forever change her life. With a parcel of land given to her by her rich, white married lover, Isabel transforms herself into a hard-edged and merciless businesswoman - abandoning her own newborn son to become Puerto Rico's most feared and respected madam, a collector of society's secrets, a queen of the notorious brothel that emerges as the island's true political and economic heart." |
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"Set against the rich backdrop of the Caribbean and the United States during the tumultuous years of World War II, Mayra Santos-Febres's Our Lady of the Night is a novel of passion, power, and the devastating price of achieving everything one wishes for."--Jacket. |
Subject |
Brothels -- Fiction.
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Brothels -- Puerto Rico -- Fiction.
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Puerto Rico -- Fiction.
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Brothels. (OCoLC)fst01765181
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Puerto Rico. (OCoLC)fst01205432
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Genre/Form |
Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Fiction.
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Novels.
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Added Author |
Mestre-Reed, Ernesto.
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Added Title |
Nuestra Señora de la Noche. English
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ISBN |
9780061731303 (alk. paper) |
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0061731307 (alk. paper) |
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