The Way to Paradise
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREA New York Times Notable BookFlora Tristán, the illegitimate child of a wealthy Peruvian father and French mother, grows up in poverty and journeys to Peru to demand her inheritance. On her return in 1844, she makes her name as a champion of the downtrodden, touring the French countryside to recruit members for her Workers' Union. In 1891, Flora's grandson, struggling painter and stubborn visionary Paul Gauguin, abandons his wife and five children for life in the South Seas, where his dreams of paradise are poisoned by syphilis, the stifling forces of French colonialism, and a chronic lack of funds, thou…
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Weitere Autoren: Wimmer, Natasha (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-0-312-42403-9
- EAN: 9780312424039
- Produktnummer: 9984803
- Verlag: Picador
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 454 S.
- Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.2 cm 413 g
- Gewicht: 413
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Mario Vargas Llosa; Translated by Natasha Wimmer
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