Hot sur

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Label

Hot sur

Statement of responsibility

Laura Restrepo

Creator

• trueRestrepo, Laura

Contributor

• trueMestre-Reed, Ernesto

Author

• trueRestrepo, Laura

Subject

• trueInnocence (Law)
• truePrisons
• Women immigrants -- United States -- Fiction
• trueHusband-killing
• Women prisoners -- United States -- Fiction
• Estados Unidos -- Emigración e inmigración -- Novela
• Husbands -- Death -- Fiction
• trueWomen prisoners
• trueSurvival
• trueHispanic American women
• trueJudicial error
• truePsychological suspense
• trueColorado
• Spanish language materials
• trueTranslations -- Spanish to English
• Mujeres presas -- Estados Unidos -- Novela
• trueMultiple perspectives
• trueMurder
• Colombians -- United States -- Fiction
• trueImmigrants
• United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• truePsychological suspense
• trueTranslations
• trueMultiple perspectives
• Novela

Language

spa

Summary

• María Paz es una joven latina que, como tantas otras, ha llegado a Estados Unidos persiguiendo la utopía. Pero el sueño americano se convierte en pesadilla cuando es acusada del asesinato de su marido, un policía blanco, y condenada a prisión. Sin embargo, la vida de María Paz dará un giro vertiginoso cuando descubra que el verdadero horror, el que pondrá a prueba todo su temple, está esperándola fuera de las rejas. Laura Restrepo nos atrapacon este thriller trepidante, magníficamente construido, terrorífico pero también divertido. Un homenaje a la mujer y una crítica feroz al mundo occidental capitalista y a sus falsos sueños de prosperidad
• A murder charge can shatter a young Latina's American Dream in a hurry. Ready to pursue a greater destiny, Maria Paz instead finds herself in jail when she's accused of killing her husband, a white police officer, shortly after arriving in the United States of America. Autores espanoles e iberoamericanos series, Colombia, 560pp

Member of

• Autores españoles e iberoamericanos
• trueHot Sur

Theme

• trueUnreliable narrator

Storyline

• trueIntricately plotted

Pace

• trueLeisurely paced

Tone

• trueBleak

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex

Character

• trueAuthentic

Cataloging source

VTL

Dewey number

863/.64

Index

no index present

Language note

In Spanish

Literary form

fiction

Series statement

Autores españoles e iberoamericanos

Target audience

adult