The Long Night of White Chickens |
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| Author:
| Goldman, Francisco |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8021-4460-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2013 |
| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Grove Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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Winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award,
The Long Night of White Chickensmarked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career. The Long Night of White Chickens is a novel born of two worlds: It is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by a patrician Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young Guatemalan orphan sent by...
More DescriptionWinner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award,The Long Night of White Chickensmarked the brilliant debut of Francisco Goldman’s internationally acclaimed writing career.
The Long Night of White Chickens is a novel born of two worlds: It is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by a patrician Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young Guatemalan orphan sent by his grandmother to live with his family as a maid. When, years later in the 1980s, Flor is murdered in Guatemala, Roger returns to uncover the truth of her death. There he is reunited with Luis Moya, a childhood friend, and together they venture on a quest into Flor’s life that will have unexpected, and unforgettable, repercussions.