Book
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
- OSHTEMO: Adult Stacks
Cantoras
Call Number
- FICTION DERO (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.
Physical Description
317 pages ; 25 cm
Summary
"From the author of The Gods of Tango, a novel about five wildly different women who, in the midst of the Uruguayan dictatorship, find each other as lovers, friends, and ultimately, family. In 1977 Uruguay, a military government has crushed political dissent with ruthless force. In an environment where citizens are kidnapped, raped, and tortured, homosexuality is a dangerous transgression. And yet, despite such societal realities, Romina, Flaca, Anita 'La Venus,' Paz, and Malena--five cantoras, women who 'sing'--somehow, miraculously, find each other and discover an isolated cape, Cabo Polonio, inhabited by just a lonely lighthouse keeper and a few rugged seal hunters. They claim this place as their secret sanctuary. Over the next 35 years, their lives move back and forth between Cabo Polonio and Montevideo, the city they call home, as they return, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow, or alone. Throughout it all, the women will be tested repeatedly--by their families, lovers, society, and each other--as they fight to live authentic lives"--
Notes
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Subjects
- Women > Uruguay > Fiction.
- Female friendship > Fiction.
- Lesbians > Fiction.
- Sexual minority community > Uruguay > Fiction.
- Homosexuality > Government policy > Uruguay > Fiction.
- Self-actualization (Psychology) in women > Fiction.
- Uruguay > Politics and government > 20th century > Fiction.
- Polonio, Cape (Uruguay) > Fiction.
- Montevideo (Uruguay) > Fiction.
- Uruguay > Fiction.