EPISODE · Apr 13, 2021 · 10 MIN
The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel by Cristina Garcia
from Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Psychological · host Malachi Bosco
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel Author: Cristina Garcia Narrator: Gisela Chípe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 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; an international 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.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/497459 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Lady Matador's Hotel: A Novel Author: Cristina Garcia Narrator: Gisela Chípe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 18 minutes Release date: April 13, 2021 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: 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; an international 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.
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