Compelling and unforgettable, this remarkable, bittersweet story of a doomed love affair set in the colonial era demonstrates that one of the masters of the form is still working at the height of his powers (The New York Times). Amid the lush, coastal tropics of a South American seaport, an unruly, co pper-haired girl and a bookish priest are caught in a chaste, ill-fated love affair.
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Contemporary Fiction Foreign Language Fiction Literary Literature & Fiction World LiteratureWe've all suffered the dreaded reading slump. Sometimes we just need a little kickstart to get us going again. For many of us, this can take the form of a few slim, unputdownable reads that we can finish in a day or so. Here are twenty titles (fiction and nonfiction) that might do the trick!