New Book: The Lady Matador’s Hotel by Cristina Garcia

The Lady Matador’s Hotel: A Novel
Cristina Garcia

National Book Award finalist Cristina
García delivers a powerful and gorgeous novel about the intertwining lives of
the denizens of a luxurious hotel in an unnamed Central American capital in the
midst of political turmoil. The lives of six men and women converge over the
course of one week.

There is a Japanese-Mexican-American matadora in town for a
bull-fighting competition; an ex-guerrilla now working as a waitress in the
hotel coffee shop; a Korean manufacturer with an underage mistress ensconced in
the honeymoon suite; aninternational adoption lawyer of German descent; a
colonel who committed atrocities during his country’s long civil war; and a
Cuban poet who has come with his American wife to adopt a local infant.

With
each day, their lives become further entangled, resulting in the unexpected—the
clash of histories and the pull of revenge and desire.Cristina García’s
magnificent orchestration of politics, the intimacies of daily life, and the
frailty of human nature unfolds in a moving, ambitious, often comic, and
unforgettable tale.

About the Author

Cristina GarcÍa is the author of
four novels: Dreaming in Cuban, The AgÜero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, and
A Handbook to Luck. GarcÍa’s work has been nominated for a National Book
Award and translated into a dozen languages. She is the recipient of a
Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers’ Award, a Hodder Fellowship at
Princeton University, and an NEA grant, among others. She is currently the
artistic director for the Centrum Writers Exchange in Port Townsend, Washington
and has taught literature and writing at numerous universities. In 2009-10, she
will be a Visiting Professor and a Black Mountain Institute Teaching Fellow in
Creative Writing at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

www.cristinagarcianovelist.com

Author

Spread the love

More Articles for You

Portuguese Ethnicity in Puerto Rico

According to a chronology, made available by the Library of Congress, in 1593, “Portuguese soldiers, sent from Lisbon by order …

Spread the love

The Italian at a Glance

Becoming Italian Back in December 2020, I started a new research project on Instagram, @ItalianAtAGlance to curate and share some …

Spread the love

Dale! The Diasporican Cookbook

Illyanna Maisonet is an amazing writer. I’ve followed her online and read her deeply personal newsletter for years. As a …

Spread the love

Understanding The Children’s Train by Viola Ardone

Based on a true events, with more than 5,922 ratings on Goodreads, when I saw The Children’s Train, by Viola …

Spread the love

Searching the 1950 Census: Things I didn’t Know about East Harlem & Vito

I always thought 2nd Avenue was expansive. I have fond memories of playing in the open “pompa” – Spanglish for …

Spread the love

Frida on Chestfeeding: A Study in Empathy and Deep Customer Understanding

Really well done Frida Mom! This is how you resonate with your audience. Author Literanista Spread the love

Spread the love