A Servant's Tale - Paula Fox

A Servant's Tale

A Novel

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2001
WW Norton & Co (Verlag)
978-0-393-32285-9 (ISBN)
26,15 inkl. MwSt
"A rare and wondrous thing....[Fox] knows how to create a character."—Vogue
Luisa 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.

Paula Fox (1923—2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow’s Children, A Servant’s Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.9.2001
Einführung Melanie Rehak
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 211 mm
Gewicht 417 g
Themenwelt Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
ISBN-10 0-393-32285-8 / 0393322858
ISBN-13 978-0-393-32285-9 / 9780393322859
Zustand Neuware
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