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Washington Square Press, August 2009
Trade Paperback, 320 pages
ISBN-10: 1416551131
ISBN-13: 9781416551133
Description
Miami Herald prize-winning journalist Fabiola Santiago tells the story of a woman who switches perfumes every time she changes lovers along her journey to heal from the loss of family and country.
An exuberant poet and historical archivist living in contemporary Miami, Marisol, like her adopted city, is a sensual free spirit. Reclaiming Paris is a paean to place and memory, lavished with humor, passion, and unforgettable characters.
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Browse Inside Reclaiming Paris"Alone in a hotel room in sultry Miammi, sheets covering her quivering body, Marisol, the protagonist of this riveting book, weeps for her lost love. The scene will pierce the heart of every woman I know. For Marisol is us: defiant, romantic and, ultimately, our only true saviors."
-- Mirta Ojito, author of Finding Mañana
"Reclaiming Paris is one woman's passionate odyssey through the shadows of tragic history and her own tumultuous past in search of her soul. Fabiola Santiago's heartbreakingly beautiful first novel throbs with sweet-scented poetry and the lusty heartbeats of Cuba, Miami, Barcelona, and Paris. She is a poet to die for."
-- Edna Buchanan, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of Legally Dead
"Cuban and Latino readers will find much to identify with in this richly nuanced novel, and others will find it a fascinating inside look at a culture that is too often viewed as monolithic and alien. A true rarity--an erotic yet intelligent tale."
-- Kirkus
"Santiago elevates this seemingly merely glamorous and romantic tale above the usual chick-lit fare by smoothly integrating immigration issues and a dash of mystery into the plot."
-- Booklist
"Marisol is a poet and a museum historian. She's also a lover of perfumes and men. All these interests intertwine and shape her life as she leaves her native Cuba and follows her heart to Miami, Iowa, Spain, and France."
-- The Boston Globe
"This is an astonishingly good book, filled with wisdom and great eroticism...her writing is as startling and sensual as Nin's classic Delta of Venus."
-- St. Petersburg Times
"In Reclaiming Paris Santiago invites us to reflect on the fact that true happiness is never found in the pleasure of the senses, but in the courage devoted to following one's unique vision in life. She has created a character in Marisol who is at once passionate, feisty and thoughtful - a young woman who is able, after considerable disillusionments and heartache, to reshape her world and her own heart into a reality she can embrace. And she learns, as we all must at some point in our lives, that this embrace is worth more than any other."
-- Cecilia Samartin, author of Broken Paradise and Tarnished Beauty
The State, February 3, 2009
...By Fabiola Santiago (Atria, 304 pages, $24.95) Marisol is a poet and a museum historian. She?s also a lover of perfumes and men. All these interests intertwine and shape her ...
Boston Globe, January 30, 2009
...and follows her heart to Miami, Iowa, Spain, and France. Marisol, the first-person narrator of Miami Herald writer Fabiola Santiago's debut novel, 'Reclaiming Paris,' searches for many things. She looks for a man who will fill the emotional ...
Boston Globe, January 30, 2009
...and follows her heart to Miami, Iowa, Spain, and France. Marisol, the first-person narrator of Miami Herald writer Fabiola Santiago's debut novel, 'Reclaiming Paris,' searches for many things. She looks for a man who will fill the emotional ...
Fabiola Santiago's Books
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Siempre Paris (Reclaiming Paris; Spanish edition)Fabiola Santiago, periodista premiada del Miami Herald, cuenta la historia de una mujer que cambia de perfume cada vez que cambia de amante, mientras...Read More
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