by Oscar Hijuelos · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa dura · ISBN 9780747524892
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«Mr. Ives' Christmas» is the novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in hardback (256 pages, in English).
The novel follows Mr. Ives, an adopted man who in the 1950s leads a stable life in New York, with a job in advertising and a family, until his son Robert, who was preparing for the priesthood, is murdered at Christmas. The work dwells on grief, loss of faith and the search for spiritual comfort, combining a family love story with a reflection on how to regain peace after a devastating crisis.
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, it was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1996 and is the work of Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, winner of the Pulitzer.
Recommended for readers of contemporary and literary fiction who value novels centred on family, grief and spirituality, as well as for reading groups seeking titles with a religious background.
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.
