| A Handbook to Luck Contributor(s): García, Cristina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307276805 ISBN-13: 9780307276803 Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $21.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2008 Annotation: In the late 60s, three teenagers from around the globe are making their way in the world: Enrique Florit, from Cuba, living in southern California with his flamboyant magician father; Marta Claros, getting by in the slums of San Salvador; Leila Rezvani, a well-to-do surgeon's daughter in Tehran. We follow them through the years, surviving war, disillusionment, and love, as their lives and paths intersect. With its cast of vividly drawn characters, its graceful movement through time, and the psychological shifts between childhood and adulthood, "A Handbook to Luck" is a beautiful, elegiac, and deeply emotional novel by beloved storyteller Cristina Garcia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.43 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the late 60s, three teenagers from around the globe are making their way in the world: Enrique Florit, from Cuba, living in southern California with his flamboyant magician father; Marta Claros, getting by in the slums of San Salvador; Leila Rezvani, a well-to-do surgeon's daughter in Tehran. We follow them through the years, surviving war, disillusionment, and love, as their lives and paths intersect. With its cast of vividly drawn characters, its graceful movement through time, and the psychological shifts between childhood and adulthood, A Handbook to Luck is a beautiful, elegiac, and deeply emotional novel by beloved storyteller Cristina Garc a. |