{"product_id":"our-house-in-the-last-world-paperback","title":"Our House in the Last World - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOscar Hijuelos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJunot Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA first-generation Cuban son comes of age in the debut--and most autobiographical--novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Winner of the Ingram Merrill Foundation Award and the Rome Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hector Santinio is the younger son of Alejo and Mercedes, who moved to New York from Cuba in the mid-1940s. The family of four shares their modest apartment with extended relatives in Harlem, where homesickness and nostalgia are dispelled by nights of dancing and raucous parties. But life's realities are nevertheless harsh in the Santinio family's adoptive land. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Mercedes takes Hector and his brother to visit Cuba, to better know her culture, Hector contracts a serious illness that leads to a terrifying period of hospitalization back in the United States where, isolated from his family, he loses much of his ability to speak Spanish. And it is this fracturing that sparks a lifelong quest to not only reconcile his Cuban identity with his American one, but to also understand his parents' ambitions and anxieties within the country at large. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this profoundly moving account of immigrant life, Oscar Hijuelos displays, once again, his mastery over both character and language--and sets readers on an unforgettable journey of hope, longing, and self-discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes a Reading Group Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOscar Hijuelos (1951-2013)\u003c\/b\u003e, a native New Yorker and the son of Cuban immigrants, was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of nine novels and a memoir and a recipient of the Rome Prize awarded by The American Academy of Arts and Letters. He also received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. He became the first Latino winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1990 for his international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love\u003c\/i\u003e and his novels have been translated into more than 40 languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJunot Díaz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eDrown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao \u003c\/i\u003e(both Riverhead), which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and \u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Lose Her\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller and National Book Award finalist. His first picture book, \u003ci\u003eIslandborn\u003c\/i\u003e, (Dial) was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller and won the CLASP Américas Award 2019.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.05 x 5.27 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44330206986342,"sku":"9781538722251","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/yfYE_2hpAy9781538722251.webp?v=1768355488","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/our-house-in-the-last-world-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}