Description
Returning to her hometown after years of traveling the world and performing a glamorous persona as a “world-famous diva,” Caetana finds that fame doesn’t silence the town’s rivalries—it sharpens them. As she crosses paths with Polidoro Alvez, a manipulative cattle baron whose power is rooted in land and influence, her arrival sets off a witty, farcical chain of schemes involving an itinerant troupe, public spectacle, and private reckonings. Blending allegory with humor, the novel explores how identity is performed, how communities police reputation, and how desire for control can masquerade as destiny. With Nélida Piñon’s distinctive, philosophically charged storytelling, the story turns everyday social maneuvering into a larger meditation on freedom, art, and the moral cost of ambition.
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paperback
Knopf
Published Jan 1, 1992
401 pages
ISBN: 0394589971
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First Published
1992
Language
spa
Translation
From: spa
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