New novel by Marta Aponte Alsina, one of the leading writers of contemporary Puerto Rican fiction. This novel is loosely based on the poet William Carlos Williams and his relationship with his Puerto Rican-born mother. Aponte Alsina (1945) has also published Angélica Furiosa (1994), El cuarto rey mago (1996), La casa de la loca (1999), Vampiresas (2004), Fúgate (2005), Sexto sueño (2007, Premio Nacional del PEN Club Puerto Rico) and El fantasma de las cosas (2010).
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