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The House on the Lagoon

A Novel

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The House on the Lagoon

By: Rosario Ferré
Narrated by: Silvia Sierra
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Finalist for the National Book Award: A breathtaking saga from Puerto Rico’s greatest literary voice

This riveting, multigenerational epic tells the story of two families and the history of Puerto Rico through the eyes of Isabel Monfort and her husband, Quintn Mendizabal. Isabel attempts to immortalize their now-united families - and, by extension, their homeland - in a book. The tale that unfolds in her writing has layers upon layers, exploring the nature of love, marriage, family, and Puerto Rico itself.

Weaving the intimate with the expansive on a teeming stage, Ferré crafts a revealing self-portrait of a man and a woman, two fiercely independent people searching for meaning and identity. As Isabel declares: "Nothing is true, nothing is false, everything is the color of the glass you’re looking through."

A book about freeing oneself from societal and cultural constraints, The House on the Lagoon also grapples with bigger issues of life, death, poverty, and racism. Mythological in its breadth and scope, this is a masterwork from an extraordinary storyteller.

©1995 1995 by Rosario Ferré (P)2014 Audible Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Latino American Literary Fiction Sagas United States World Literature Marriage
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A better reader.

What other book might you compare The House on the Lagoon to and why?

I like the author and that's why I thought it would be great. She is as good as Isabel Allende

What didn’t you like about Silvia Sierra’s performance?

she is monotonous

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The story

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