"“Hypnotic… should not be missed.”—Lucy Stark, Voices from the Gaps
Originally published in Spanish under the title Maldito Amor (""Cursed Love""), Sweet Diamond Dust introduced American readers to a voice that is by t...
A gentle maiden aunt who has been victimized for years unexpectedly retaliates through her talent for making life-sized dolls filled with honey. “The Youngest Doll,” based on a family anecdote, is a stunning literary expression of Rosario Ferré...
Caught up in his wife's efforts to write a novel about the history of their families, Quintin Mendizabal sparks a heated rivalry between Isabel and himself when they have different perspectives on the same story...
Eccentric Neighborhoods is a an attempt to lay bare the psychological conflicts that determine the relationships between mothers and daughters and the story of Puerto Rico's transformation, from the beginning of the century, into a spearhead of t...
The story of a prima ballerina and her acolyte, set in Puerto Rico in 1917.
Flight of the Swan is the compelling story of a world-famous Russian prima ballerina who finds herself stranded on a Caribbean island in 1917, due to political uph...
A finalist for the National Book Award for her 1995 novel, La Casa de la Laguna, Rosario Ferre is one of Latin America's most original and important writers. In the four stories that make up Maldito Amor Ferre explores the history of political and cu...