Short description
Chronicles the lives and fortunes of members of one family, the Salvatierras, on the island of Cuba between 1868 and 1936, in an evocative saga that intertwines fictional characters with real-life historical events. (Historical Fiction).
Long description
This romantic, sensual and irresistible novel tells the story of a family, the Salvatierras, in its fourth generation between 1868 and 1936 in the island of Cuba. With the setting and the racial diversity of the Caribbean, it has a combination of personal destiny interwoven with historical destiny. The births and the deaths of the characters are intertwined with political events of a country that will undergo a war.
Review
A passionate novel full of poetic flight and philosophical depth. The island of Cuba is captured in all its facets, from the baroque complexity of its social classes, to the exuberant wealth of its nature, its flora and its fauna ... Isabel, the protagonist, personifies the best thing of the revolution, because 'the only noble thing about the war was to have abolished slavery, and the shameful idea that a human being could own another one.' The characters of this novel are outlined skillfully, and hold until the end the layout of a fine literary work.