Our Lives Are the Rivers: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060820713 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jaime Manrique is the award-winning author of the memoir Eminent Maricones, and the novels Latin Moon in Manhattan, Twilight at the Equator, and Colombian Gold. A contributor to Salon, BOMB, and other publications, he lives in New York City and is an associate professor in the MFA program at Columbia University.
"Our Lives are the Rivers that run to the sea, which is our death." Our Lives are the Rivers by Jaime ManriqueCopright 2006 Harper Collins PublishersThis novel is based upon Manuela Saenz, a woman who's daring adventures are embedded deep in Latin American history. Manuela was born an illiegitimate child, an outcast in her very own family as well as society. She was a beautiful woman with intelligence surpassing many men of her time and had fierce will. In society's eyes she was a lowly creature, and they . Swept Away E. Riego Determination, perseverance, courage, and sheer nerve are just some of the qualities that describe this novel and its main character Manuela Sáenz, a strong-minded woman who wins the heart of South America's most famous (and at one point infamous) military general. Told through the perspective of Doña Manuela Sáenz and her two African slaves Natán and Jonotás, the novel relates the events that happened to. A Powerful River Dean Kostos Although the word "masterpiece" is too often used for works of art that fall short of that superlative, I can find no other word to adequately describe Jaime Manrique's novel Our Lives Are the Rivers. It offers a far deeper understanding of the historical intrigues behind South American history than I was ever taught in school; it also manages to integrate those details in a way that is both organic and emotionally compelling. Manrique mak
Haphazardly placed chapters in the voices of Manuela's black slaves, Natán and Jonotás, offer further perspectives on Manuela and Simón's vision of freedom; it would be rejected by South America as tyranny, leading, among other things, to Manuela's exile from Colombia, her destitution and her burial in an unmarked Peruvian grave at the novel's bittersweet conclusion. An epic page-turner that swells with ecstatic love and righteous anger, Manrique's latest skillfully recreates an inspired pair, and their times. From Publishers Weekly Manrique (Latin Moon in Manhattan) distills the tumultuous last years of colonial South America through the life of Manuela Sáenz (1797–1856), the controversial mistress of Gen. She remains loyal to Bolívar until his death in 1830 and earns the rank of colonel in battlefield heroics along the way. All rights reserved. Simón Bolívar. (M
A novel of intoxicating love, passion, and adventure, Jaime Manrique vividly captures a dynamic continent struggling for its own identity.. Based on actual events, this sweeping novel tells the life story of a woman who was willing to risk it all for her country and her lover—in whose legacy lies the history of an entire continent.Our Lives Are the Rivers tells the story of beautiful young freedom fighter Manuela Sáenz, and the epic tale of her long love affair with liberator Simón Bolívar