The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Oscar Hijuelos
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1918-1980
- Setting: Cuba and New York City
- Principal Characters: Cesar Castillo Opera, Nestor Castillo, Delores Fuentes, Eugenio Castillo, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Family literature
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Music or musicians, New York City, American Dream, 1980’s, Child abuse, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Cuba or Cubans, Television or television broadcasting, Bilingualism, Latinos, Latin America or Latin Americans
- Locales: New York, NY, Hollywood, CA, Havana, Cuba
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is the second novel by Oscar Hijuelos, a novelist born in New York of Cuban parents. As he did in his first novel, Our House in the Last World (1983), Hijuelos here explores the experience of a family that begins in one world, Cuba, and continues with subsequent generations in another, the United States. In both novels, the characters who dominate the narrative are the Cuban immigrants, but the perspective is that of the children born in the United States.
Hijuelos has been the recipient of numerous prestigious grants to support...
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