The House on the Lagoon

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480481749

<DIV><B>Finalist for the National Book Award: A breathtaking saga from Puerto Rico&rsquo;s greatest literary voice</B><BR /><BR />This riveting, multigenerational epic tells the story of two families and the history of Puerto Rico through the eyes of Isabel Monfort and her husband, Quint&iacute;n Mendizabal. Isabel attempts to immortalize their now-united families&mdash;and, by extension, their homeland&mdash;in a book. The tale that unfolds in her writing has layers upon layers, exploring the nature of love, marriage, family, and Puerto Rico itself.<BR /><BR />Weaving the intimate with the expansive on a teeming stage, Ferr&eacute; crafts a revealing self-portrait of a man and a woman, two fiercely independent people searching for meaning and identity. As Isabel declares: &ldquo;Nothing is true, nothing is false, everything is the color of the glass you&rsquo;re looking through.&rdquo;<BR /><BR />A book about freeing oneself from societal and cultural constraints,&#160;<I>The House on the Lagoon</I>&#160;also grapples with bigger issues of life, death, poverty, and racism. Mythological in its breadth and scope, this is a masterwork from an extraordinary storyteller.</DIV>