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The matter of desire : a novel / Edmundo Paz Soldán ; translated by Lisa Carter

By:

Paz Soldán, Edmundo, (1967 -)

Contributor(s):

Carter, Lisa, , 1968 -

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin , c2003Description: 214 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780618395576

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC PAZ

LOC classification:

PQ7820.P39 M3713 2003

Summary: The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed graduate student, he returns to Bolivia to seek answers to his own life by investigating the mysteries of his father's past. Trapped between two cultures, Pedro ultimately finds himself in an existential dilemma of tragic dimensions. The Matter of Desire combines elements of the political thriller and the family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair and brilliantly elucidates the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC PAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		013240

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The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed graduate student, he returns to Bolivia to seek answers to his own life by investigating the mysteries of his father's past. Trapped between two cultures, Pedro ultimately finds himself in an existential dilemma of tragic dimensions. The Matter of Desire combines elements of the political thriller and the family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair and brilliantly elucidates the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States.

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