by Lily Tuck (Author)
A rich historical novel - part love story and part tragedy - about the Irish courtesan Eliza Lynch, and how she became mistress to one of South America's first, and most extravagant, dictators. 1854. In Paris, Francisco Solano - the future dictator of Paraguay - picks up a blue feather fallen from the hat of a beautiful woman. With this small gesture begins his pursuit of the remarkable Irish courtesan Eliza Lynch. Captivated by a unique courtship involving a poncho and a Paraguayan band, Eliza follows Francisco to Paraguay where she reigns as his mistress. Isolated and estranged in this new world, she embraces her lover's ill-fated imperial dream - one fuelled by a heedless arrogance that will devestate all of Paraguay, and throw this European woman into a world of unprecedented privilege, ruthless exploitation and even revolution...With the urgency of the narrative, the rich romantic detail, and a wealth of skillfully layered characters, 'The News from Paraguay' recalls the vibrant colour of Isabel Allende and the epic sweep of Mario Vargas Llosa.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: (Reissue)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02 Jul 2010
ISBN 10: 0007207999
ISBN 13: 9780007207992
`Tuck's prose is elegant, the subject well researched.' New York Times Book Review
`The episodic style achieves many lovely moments. Images are so vivid you can almost smell them.' Washington Post Book World
`Decorous detail and vivid imagery...Reading The News from Paraguay feels like looking into a crystal ball: seeing pieces of a garden, storm clouds building, lives passing.' Los Angeles Times
`A tense, elegant novel...Paraguay emerges as Tuck's characters do, imperceptibly, until the sounds, smells, and colors of the country saturate the pages.' Boston Globe
`Tuck's knack for shaving a scene to its essence feeds the book's speedy pace. And when linked, such snapshots build a portrait of a lost place and time.' San Francisco Chronicle
Lily Tuck was born in Paris and is the author of three previous novels - Interviewing Matisse, The Woman Who Walked on Water and the PEN/Faulkner award finalist Siam - as well as a collection of stories, Limbo, and Other Places I Have Lived. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker and the Paris Review. She lives in New York City.
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