Heart Of Tango By Elia Barcelo
21 July 2010
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Heart Of Tango Elia Barcelo
Heart Of Tango: A sad ghostly tale of a love that is cursed, set in the dark, passionate atmosphere of 1920s Buenos Aires, Barceló relives the past, with a style that has all but disappeared.
Synopsis
Natalia is to be married to a German sailor much older than herself, but two days before the wedding she meets Diego, a mysterious young dancer, and they fall immediately in love. When he serenades her on the eve of the ceremony, Natalia's father unwittingly invites him to the festivities. There they dance a tango charged with passion, before Diego vanishes, knowing she is lost to him.
Soon after the marriage Natalia father dies, and her husband is lost at sea, presumed dead. Penniless and alone, she endures a desperate existence until she becomes a dancer in a tango hall. Diego discovers her there and vows to bring her away from this existence, but their reunion has devastating consequences. Many years later, the spirit of the dance and the lovers’ longing for each other draws together two strangers in a haunting meeting, a fusion of time and identities, despair and hope.
Author
Elia Barcel? was born in Alicante in 1957 and teaches Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Innsbruck. She made her name in science-fiction, but with books such as Heart of Tango she is fast gaining the wider readership that she so richly deserves. David Frye’s translations include Thine Is the Kingdom (1999) and Distant Palaces (2004) by Cuban novelist Abilio Estévez, and The Curriculum Vitae of Aurora Ortiz (2005) by Spanish novelist Almudena Solana.
What we think
The novel moves with passion and grace equal to the tango itself. A book that has the reader living the pulse and atmosphere of the time and place... excellent Joclyn Manners FemaleFirst book critic
Author: Elia Barcelo
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781906694609
Published: 26th August 2010
Publisher: MacLehose Press
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