Don't cry for me, Venezuela.Our Lives Are the Rivers * Jaime Manrique Jaime Manrique (16 June, 1949 - ) is a gay, Colombian-American author, poet, and journalist. Background Manrique was born in Barranquilla, Colombia and earned a B.A. from the University of South Florida. * Rayo/HarperCollins * $24.95 Before Evita there was Manuelita, the tempestuous tem·pes·tu·ous adj. 1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales. 2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship. mistress of Latin America's greatest hero, Simon Bolivar. Manuela Saenz was banned from history books--she was an atheist and an adulteress, after all--but this novel gives props to one of the most controversial heroines of South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "I was born a rich bastard and died a poor one," begins Manuela's feverish feverish /fe·ver·ish/ (fe´ver-ish) febrile. fe·ver·ish adj. 1. Having a fever. 2. Relating to or resembling a fever. 3. Causing or tending to cause a fever. , page-turning narrative as imagined by the gifted gay author and poet Jaime Manrique. Fans of La Peron will enjoy the riches-to-rags story of La Saenz, who would still raise eyebrows even by today's standards. |
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