by Esmeralda Santiago · SUMA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483652664
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«Conquistadora» is the historical novel by Esmeralda Santiago, set in colonial Puerto Rico, published by SUMA in hardback (688 pages, in Spanish).
Ana Larragoity Cubillas, a young Spanish woman, becomes fascinated by Puerto Rico after reading the diaries of a colonising ancestor. She marries Ramón and moves to a sugar plantation, where she takes over its management. The American Civil War, the history of the enslaved people and a forbidden love shape her destiny.
First edition published in January 2012; it has also been classified as a family saga and a romantic novel.
For readers of historical fiction, family sagas and romances set in the colonial Caribbean.
Esmeralda Santiago is a Puerto Rican author known for her narrative memoirs and trans-cultural writing. Her impact extends beyond cultivating narratives as she paves the way for more coming-of-age stories about being a Latina in the United States, alongside navigating cultural dissonance through acculturation.
