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The long night of white chickens / Francisco Goldman

By:

Goldman, Francisco

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Grove Press , c1992.Description: 450 p. ; 23 cmISBN:

9780802135476

Subject(s):

Guatemala -- --Fiction

Genre/Form:

Detective and mystery stories

DDC classification:

LAS FIC GOL

LOC classification:

PS3557.O368 L66 1992

Summary: This rich, embellished debut novel, which brings together Guatemalan and American culture, focuses on the murder of Flor, the head of an orphanage in Guatemala. When she was young, Flor had been sent to work as a maid for a family in Boston. There she befriended the family's only child, Roger Graetz. While trying to uncover the facts surrounding Flor's death, Roger recounts the elaborate events of his family life, giving us an engrossing and colorful picture of American and Guatemalan culture. Flor is an appealing character whom the author uses successfully to ignite our curiosity about Guatemalan culture and reflections on our own private lives.

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This rich, embellished debut novel, which brings together Guatemalan and American culture, focuses on the murder of Flor, the head of an orphanage in Guatemala. When she was young, Flor had been sent to work as a maid for a family in Boston. There she befriended the family's only child, Roger Graetz. While trying to uncover the facts surrounding Flor's death, Roger recounts the elaborate events of his family life, giving us an engrossing and colorful picture of American and Guatemalan culture. Flor is an appealing character whom the author uses successfully to ignite our curiosity about Guatemalan culture and reflections on our own private lives.

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