by Oscar Hijuelos · HarperCollins Publishers Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780060973278
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«The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love» is the novel by Oscar Hijuelos, published by HarperCollins in paperback (416 pages, in English).
It tells the story of Cuban brothers César and Néstor Castillo, who arrive in New York from Havana in 1949 to succeed with their mambo orchestra. Workers by day and stars of the dance halls by night, they live a golden age of youth and freedom that years later they remember with nostalgia and affection.
First instalment of the Mambo Kings series. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1990 and was adapted into a film in 1992.
For readers of literary fiction and book clubs, especially those who enjoy stories about music, immigration and Cuban-American culture.
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.
