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A simple Habana melody : a novel / Oscar Hijuelos.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Perennial, 2003Description: 342 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0060928697
  • 9780060928698
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54
LOC classification:
  • PS 3558 H639s 2003
Summary: It is 1947, and Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life had once been a dream of music, love, and sadness, returns to Cuba after being mistakenly imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of France. When Levis arrives back in Habana, his mind returns to an unrequited romance with the alluring Rita Valladares, a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras." This 1928 composition became the most famous rumba in the world and changed American and European tastes in music and dance forever.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 3558 H639s 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000067812
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Nota del autor (p.343)

Author of the Pulitzer Prize Winner (The mambo kinfs play songs of love) (portd.)

It is 1947, and Israel Levis, a Cuban composer whose life had once been a dream of music, love, and sadness, returns to Cuba after being mistakenly imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of France. When Levis arrives back in Habana, his mind returns to an unrequited romance with the alluring Rita Valladares, a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras." This 1928 composition became the most famous rumba in the world and changed American and European tastes in music and dance forever.

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