The Resource Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
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The item Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542722
- Label
- Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel
- Title
- Fruit of the drunken tree
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Subject
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- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Families
- Families -- Colombia | Bogotá -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Novels
- Sisters
- Bogotá (Colombia) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Teenage girls
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Colombia -- Bogotá
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rojas Contreras, Ingrid
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3603.O5635
- LC item number
- F78 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Violence
- Families
- Teenage girls
- Sisters
- Families
- Manners and customs
- Sisters
- Teenage girls
- Violence
- Bogotá (Colombia)
- Colombia
- Label
- Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542722
- Lccn
- 2017039664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1006524940
- Label
- Fruit of the drunken tree : a novel, Ingrid Rojas Contreras
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 306 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385542722
- Lccn
- 2017039664
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1006524940
Subject
- Domestic fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Families
- Families -- Colombia | Bogotá -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Manners and customs
- Novels
- Sisters
- Bogotá (Colombia) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Teenage girls
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects -- Fiction
- Sisters -- Fiction
- Colombia -- Bogotá
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