One Hundred Bottles

by Achy Obejas (Translator), EnaLuciaPortela (Author)

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2010
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One Hundred Bottles, with its intersecting characters and unresolved whodunits, can be read as a murder mystery. But it's really a survivor's story. In a voice that blends gossip, storytelling, and literature, Z-the vivacious heroine of Portela's award-winning novel-relates her rum-soaked encounters with the lesbian underground, the characters carving up her home, and the terrifying-but-irresistible Moises. As entertaining as any detective drama, One Hundred Bottles is ultimately made real by very rough love, intense friendship, and something small that decides to live.

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One Hundred Bottles, with its intersecting characters and unresolved whodunits, can be read as a murder mystery. But it's really a survivor's story. In a voice that blends gossip, storytelling, and literature, Z-the vivacious heroine of Portela's award-winning novel-relates her rum-soaked encounters with the lesbian underground, the characters carving up her home, and the terrifying-but-irresistible Moises. As entertaining as any detective drama, One Hundred Bottles is ultimately made real by very rough love, intense friendship, and something small that decides to live.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 210
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 15 Nov 2010
ISBN 10: 0292723326
ISBN 13: 9780292723320
Book Overview: A brilliant, scathing Havana fever dream about a lost, overweight girl in love with an abusive, older man-so brilliant that the allegorical aspect of the book doesn't strike you until after you've closed it. -- Esther Allen, New York magazine

Author Bio

ENA LUCIA PORTELA is the author of numerous works of fiction, including this novel, winner of the 2002 Jaen Prize. This is her first novel published in English. Achy Obejas edited and translated the anthology Havana Noir and has since translated Junot Di az, Rita Indiana, Wendy Guerra, and many others. She currently serves as the director of the MFA in Translation Program at Mills College.