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While going through her mother's things, Tita discovers that Mama Elena had an affair with a mixed-race man, leading to the birth of Gertrudis. After Mama Elena’s death, Tita accepts John’s marriage proposal. While John travels to the United States to retrieve his aunt Mary for the wedding, Tita loses her virginity to Pedro. Afterwards, she ...
The novel takes place in the fictional town of Socartes, Spain. The town's name refers to the philosopher Socrates, and his ideas about internal and external beauty.It tells the story of Marianela (sometimes referred to as "Nela"), a poor orphan girl with an ugly face, and her love for Pablo, a blind boy, who also has romantic feelings towards Nela.
Paula is a 1994 memoir by Isabel Allende.She intended to write a straightforward narrative about the darkest experience of her own life. But the book is a tribute to her deceased daughter Paula Frías Allende, who fell into a porphyria-induced coma in 1991 and never recovered.
'You left us beautiful memories, your love is still our guide.'
Celebrate Mother's Day with quotes on how much you love and appreciate mom. Use these sweet sentiments and funny messages to bring a smile to her face in 2024.
San Manuel Bueno, mártir (1931) is a short novel by Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936). It experiments with changes of narrator as well as minimalism of action and of description, and as such has been described as a nivola, a literary genre invented by Unamuno to describe his work.
This book passed the censorship of the Francoist State and so it avoids directly addressing the harshness of the government at the time. However, the book became very popular when it finally cleared Franco’s censors. [7] It is considered to be an important contribution to the school of Existentialist literature of post-Civil War Spain. [8] [9]
These quotes about mothers and sons include adages from famous writers, old proverbs that have stood the test of time, sentimental statements shared by famous men about their own moms, and words ...