by Rosario Ferré · Plume · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349107875
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«The House on the Lagoon» is the novel by Rosario Ferré, published by Plume in paperback (416 pages, in English).
Isabel, a Puerto Rican upper-class woman, secretly writes a novel about the history of her family and that of her husband, the businessman Quintín. When he discovers it, he replies with his own version; this confrontational dialogue spans generations, secrets, racial and social inequality, and the pressure of patriarchal values on women.
Finalist for the National Book Award, it was originally published in 1995; this paperback edition is from Plume, 1996.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction interested in social and gender tensions in Puerto Rico.
Rosario Ferré Ramírez de Arellano was a Puerto Rican writer, poet, and essayist. Her father, Luis A. Ferré, was the third elected Governor of Puerto Rico and the founding father of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico. When her mother, Lorenza Ramírez de Arellano, died in 1970 during her father's term as governor, Rosario fulfilled the duties of First Lady until 1972.
