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Oscar Hijuelos (Author)

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June 17, 2003

Corre el año 1947, e Israel Levis -- un compositor cubano cuya vida había sido un ensueño de música, amor y tristeza -- regresa a Cuba después de haber sido equivocadamente encarcelado durante la ocupación nazista de Francia.

Cuando Levis regresa a La Habana, su mente vuelve al pasado al recordar su amor no correspondido por la hechizante Rita Valladares, una cantante para quien Levis había escrito su canción más famosa, "Rosas Puras." Esta composición que data de 1928, se convirtió en la rumba más célebre del mundo, y cambió para siempre el gusto por la música y el baile.

Una historia de amor por el arte, la familia y la patria, Una Sen-cilla Melodía Habanera es una actuación de virtuosismo por parte de uno de nuestros más importantes escritores.


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“Pulitzer-winner Hijuelos is at his massively engaging best. A masterpiece of history, music, wonder, and sorrow . Riveting.” (Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) )

About the Author

Oscar Hijuelos was born of Cuban parentage in New York City in 1951. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others. His five previous novels have been translated into twenty-five languages.


Oscar Hijuelos nació de padres cubanos en Nueva York en 1951. Sus otras novelas incluyen Mr. Ives' Christmas, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, Our House in the Last World y A Simple Havana Melody (Una Sencilla Melodía Habanera). Vive en Nueva York.


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cuando Israel Levis, el compositor de "Rosas Puras," Read the first page
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rosas puras, durante sus paseos, otros compositores, esa capital, las partituras, del compositor, unos tragos, por dondequiera, difunto padre, las tertulias, sus composiciones, las escalas, sus amistades, las composiciones, sus senos, por los cuartos, esas noches, por las tardes, querido amigo, los parisinos, las notas, misma vez, por las calles, los alemanes, las sirenas
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Rita Valladares, Israel Levis, Estados Unidos, Sarah Rubenstein, Santiago de Cuba, Ernesto Lecuona, Leocadio Levis, Ignacio Cervantes, Paseo del Prado, George Gershwin, Parque Central, Pilar Blanco, Roxy Theater, Antonio Solar, Buenos Aires, Edgar Allan Poe, Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper, Pero Rita, Sindo Garay, Alfonso Ortega, Catedral de Nuestra, Charlie Chaplin, Club Eve, Eliseo Grenet
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