Jaime Manrique
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
"Set against the majestic geography of the Andes, this novel tells the story of Manuela Saenz, who won her place in history as the great love of the South American liberator Simon Bolivar. Manuela Saenz's life is fascinating in its own right. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Saenz worked with underground conspirators to overthrow the corrupt representatives of the Spanish Crown. This road eventually led to her meeting with...
Author
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
"For the first time, in riveting and eloquent detail, Jaime Manrique describes the final days of his mentors, Manuel Puig and Reinaldo Arenas, both of whom died in tragic circumstances due to AIDS. Manrique also reveals Federico Garcia Lorca's struggle with homophobia and that poet's relationship with an American boyfriend."--BOOK JACKET.