Showing results by author "Carolina De Robertis"

February 1913: seventeen-year-old Leda, carrying only a small trunk and her father's cherished violin, leaves her Italian village for a new home, and a new husband, in Argentina. Arriving in Buenos Aires, she discovers that he has been killed, but she remains: living in a tenement, without friends or family, on the brink of destitution. Still, she is seduced by the music that underscores life in the city: tango, born from lower-class immigrant voices, now the illicit, scandalous dance of brothels and cabarets.

Born in sixteenth-century Argentina, Francisco Maldonado da Silva is nine years old when he sees his father, Don Diego, arrested one harrowing afternoon because of his beliefs. Raised in a family practicing its Jewish faith in secret under the condemning eyes of the Spanish Inquisition, Francisco embarks on a personal quest that will challenge, enlighten, and forever change him. 

It is a time for upheaval in Cuba: the time to build a new society. Even from her position of privilege, idealistic divorcée Carmela Vasconcelos sees the waves of uprising and is caught up in the excitement. Persuaded by her brother, Lucas, she flees her wealthy home to join Fidel Castro’s rebels. In the mountainous jungle of the Sierra Maestra, Carmela meets Ignacio Deheza, a charismatic Argentinian socialist fighting on behalf of the insurrection. On the training fields of a revolution, they bond in the cause - and in a blind passion that stirs their blood and soul.

Radical Hope is a collection of letters - to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who feel weary and discouraged - written by award-winning novelists, poets, political thinkers, and activists. Provocative and inspiring, Radical Hope offers listeners a kaleidoscopic view of the love and courage needed to navigate this time of upheaval, uncertainty, and fear in view of the recent US presidential election.

A coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.

On the first day of the millennium, a small town gathers to witness a miracle and unravel its portents for the century: the mysterious reappearance of a lost infant, Pajarita. Later, as a young woman in the capital city - Montevideo, brimming with growth and promise - Pajarita begins a lineage of fiercely independent women. Her daughter, Eva, survives a brutal childhood to pursue her dreams as a rebellious poet and along the hazardous precipices of erotic love.

Als einziges Kind gut situierter Eltern wächst Perla wohlbehütet in Buenos Aires auf: Ihre Mutter ist schön und elegant, aber unnahbar, ihr strenger Vater...

Das faszinierende Schicksal einer starken Frau. Buenos Aires, 1913. Als die siebzehnjährige Leda in Argentinien ankommt, sucht sie vergebens nach ihrem Ehemann. Sie muss erfahren, dass er tot ist. Eine Truhe mit seinen Kleidern ist alles, was ihr von ihm geblieben ist. Völlig auf sich gestellt, entdeckt sie eine wunderbare, tieftraurige Musik, die sie noch nie zuvor gehört hat. Es ist nur Männern erlaubt, diese Musik zu spielen. Deshalb verkleidet sie sich als Mann und schließt sich als "Dante" einer Gruppe von Tangomusikern an.

Alles beginnt mit einem Wunder: Aus einem Baum, aus schwindelnder Höhe, fällt ein Mädchen. Man nennt sie Pajarita, den kleinen Vogel...