The Way to Paradise: A NovelA New York Times Notable Book |
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... pains of the creative process with great insight and feeling.” —Dan Cryer, Newsday “With matchless empathy and insight, the great Peruvian author analyzes two contrasting quests for the ideal.... A formidable, learned novel that [is] ...
... was better you died, mon cher papa,” she said, laughing, as she leaped out of bed. She wasn't tired. For twentyfour hours she had felt no pains in her back or womb, nor had she noticed the cold presence in her chest. You were in.
... painful, he ejaculated with a howl. For an instant, while sodomizing Teha'amana, he felt like a savage. The next morning he began to work at first light. The day was dry and there were sparse clouds in the sky; soon a riot of colors ...
... overrunning the island. What have we done to you to make you mock our pain by giving our angel the face of a Chinaman?” Koké couldn't contain his laughter, and the Suhases threw him out of the house. On his way back to Mataiea,
... painful and repellant. The heavy body stinking of sweat, the viscous tongue tasting of tobacco and alcohol, the feeling that she was being mauled from thighs to belly, made her ill. And still, idiot Flora, foolish Andalusa, after that ...
Contents
Mysterious Waters | |
The Shadow of Charles Fourier | |
Annah from Java | |
News from Peru | |
Portrait of Aline Gauguin | |
Nevermore | |
Arequipa | |
What Are | |
The Nun Gutiérrez | |
Wrestling with the Angel | |
The Battle of Cangallo | |
The House of Pleasure | |
Words to Change the World | |