The Gods of Tango
Author: ROBERTIS, CAROLINA DE
ISBN: 9781101872857
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jun 2016
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
A powerfully sensual, erotically charged story of music and romance, set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century Buenos Aires.
Plt;bPgt;A Plt;iPgt;San Francisco ChroniclePlt;/iPgt; Best Book of 2015Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Arriving in Buenos Aires in 1913, with only a suitcase and her fatherP#8217;s cherished violin to her name, seventeen-year-old Leda is shocked to find that the husband she has travelled across an ocean to reach is dead. Unable to return home, alone, and on the brink of destitution, she finds herself seduced by the tango, the dance that underscores every aspect of life in her new city. Knowing that she can never play in public as a woman, Leda disguises herself as a young man to join a troupe of musicians. In the illicit, scandalous world of brothels and cabarets, the line between Leda and her disguise begins to blur, and forbidden longings that she has long kept suppressed are realized for the first time. Powerfully sensual, Plt;iPgt;The Gods of TangoPlt;/iPgt; is an erotically charged story of music, passion, and the quest for an authentic life against the odds.
ISBN: 9781101872857
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 15 Jun 2016
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
A powerfully sensual, erotically charged story of music and romance, set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century Buenos Aires.
Plt;bPgt;A Plt;iPgt;San Francisco ChroniclePlt;/iPgt; Best Book of 2015Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;An NBC Latino Selection for Ten Great Latino Books Published in 2015Plt;brPgt;Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Arriving in Buenos Aires in 1913, with only a suitcase and her fatherP#8217;s cherished violin to her name, seventeen-year-old Leda is shocked to find that the husband she has travelled across an ocean to reach is dead. Unable to return home, alone, and on the brink of destitution, she finds herself seduced by the tango, the dance that underscores every aspect of life in her new city. Knowing that she can never play in public as a woman, Leda disguises herself as a young man to join a troupe of musicians. In the illicit, scandalous world of brothels and cabarets, the line between Leda and her disguise begins to blur, and forbidden longings that she has long kept suppressed are realized for the first time. Powerfully sensual, Plt;iPgt;The Gods of TangoPlt;/iPgt; is an erotically charged story of music, passion, and the quest for an authentic life against the odds.
