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Empress of the Splendid Season
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  • Oscar Hijuelos

    Empress of the Splendid Season (1999) continues the examination of immigrant life, this time revealing the discrepancy between the characters’ rich self-images and their banal lives. In Beautiful María of My Soul; or, The True Story of María García y Cifuentes, the Lady Behind a…

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    Empress of the Splendid Season (1999) continues the examination of immigrant life, this time revealing the discrepancy between the characters’ rich self-images and their banal lives. In Beautiful María of My Soul; or, The True Story of María García y Cifuentes, the Lady Behind a…

    Read More