Dimensions
127 x 197 x 16mm
A renowned flamenco dancer in Chicago despite a bad leg from a childhood bout with polio, Carmen has enjoyed a long affair with Agustin, the married director of her troupe - a romance that's now growing stale. But when she begins a new, passionate liaison with Manolo, Agustin's godson and a dancer of natural genius, an angry rivalry is sparked, just as Carmen's disease returns and her always aggravating relationship with her mother takes a difficult turn.
How Carmen finally makes her way back to happiness in both love and work is a funny, spirited story that's equal parts soap opera, tragicomedy, and rhapsody - a triumphant, bittersweet novel about living life with ferocious intensity.
A Los Angeles Times Book Review Best Book of the Year.
