{"product_id":"the-lady-matadors-hotel-paperback","title":"The Lady Matador's Hotel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCristina Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNational Book Award finalist Cristina García delivers a powerful and gorgeous novel about the intertwining lives of the denizens of a luxurious hotel in an unnamed Central American capital in the midst of political turmoil.The lives of six men and women converge over the course of one week. There is a Japanese-Mexican-American matadora in town for a bull-fighting competition; an ex-guerrilla now working as a waitress in the hotel coffee shop; a Korean manufacturer with an underage mistress ensconced in the honeymoon suite; an international adoption lawyer of German descent; a colonel who committed atrocities during his country's long civil war; and a Cuban poet who has come with his American wife to adopt a local infant. With each day, their lives become further entangled, resulting in the unexpected--the clash of histories and the pull of revenge and desire. Cristina García's magnificent orchestration of politics, the intimacies of daily life, and the frailty of human nature unfolds in a moving, ambitious, often comic, and unforgettable tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCristina García is the author of eight novels including \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Agüero Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Handbook to Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Matador's Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVanishing Maps. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fifteen languages. She has taught at universities nationwide and is currently Resident Playwright at Central Works Theater in Berkeley. Visit her website at CristinaGarciaNovelist.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57288755183921,"sku":"9781439181751","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/xSMsUsCRg59781439181751.webp?v=1793750015","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/the-lady-matadors-hotel-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}