Based on actual events, this sweeping novel tells the life story of a woman who was willing to risk it all for her country and her lover--in whose legacy lies the history of an entire continent.
Our Lives Are the Rivers tells the story of beautiful young freedom fighter Manuela Saenz, and the epic tale of her long love affair with liberator Simon Bolivar. A novel of intoxicating love, passion, and adventure, Jaime Manrique vividly captures a dynamic continent struggling for its own identity.
Based on actual events, this sweeping novel tells the life story of a woman who was willing to risk it all for her country and her lover--in whose ...
Ambientado en la majestuosa geografia de los Andes, este libro apasionante cuenta la vida de Manuela Saenz, quien gano su lugar en la historia como el gran amor del libertador de Suramerica, Simon Bolivar. La vida de Manuela Saenz en si es fascinante. Abandonando su posicion como una de las mujeres mas ricas de Lima, Saenz trabajo clandestinamente con conspiradores para derrocar los representantes corruptos del reino espanol. Este camino eventualmente la llevo a conocer a Bolivar en 1822, cuando ella tenia veinticinco anos. La atraccion fue inmediata y por ocho anos fueron amantes, hasta la...
Ambientado en la majestuosa geografia de los Andes, este libro apasionante cuenta la vida de Manuela Saenz, quien gano su lugar en la historia como el...
Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important 20th-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, the author of Kiss of the Spider Woman; the Cuban Reinaldo Arenas, author of Before Night Falls; and Spanish poet and playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca.
Jaime Manrique weaves into his own memoir the lives of three important 20th-century Hispanic writers: the Argentine Manuel Puig, the author of Kiss of...
Latin Moon in Manhattan paints a vivid portrait of New York City as the land of El Dorado for today's Latino immigrants. From Little Colombia in Queens to the street life of Times Square, the novel introduces an assortment of colourful characters.
Latin Moon in Manhattan paints a vivid portrait of New York City as the land of El Dorado for today's Latino immigrants. From Little Colombia in Queen...
This bilingual edition collects Jaime Manrique's lyrical and sensual poems about his childhood in Colombia, memories of his childhood and his more recent experiences and loves in Manhattan. Musical and romantic, these poems are in the tradition of Pablo Neruda.
This bilingual edition collects Jaime Manrique's lyrical and sensual poems about his childhood in Colombia, memories of his childhood and his more rec...
Colombian-born Santiago Martinez starts his adult life as a young gay writer living in Spain. Years later, as a university professor in New York City, Santiago is called back to his native Colombia upon the suicide of his sister. There he learns shocking secrets about his childhood and adolescence.
Colombian-born Santiago Martinez starts his adult life as a young gay writer living in Spain. Years later, as a university professor in New York City,...
