Forgotten Objects
by Carlos Rubio
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- ISBN 13
- 9781770764170
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Forgotten Objects traces the life of Anna d'Amio, daughter of opera singers Louis and Francesca d'Amio, from Mussolini's Italy to the city of Pittsburgh during the mid sixties. The novel proper is made up of three parts: Italy, Cuba and United States. Married at seventeen and widowed at twenty, Anna leaves war-torn Italy to find her fortune in Cuba, she eventually meets Ramón Contreras, a wealthy tobacco grower who later becomes her second husband. The idyllic world that the couple had so laboriously built suddenly comes crashing down after the communist take over of the island and Ramón's sudden and violent death.
Now with two daughters under her care, Anna soon realizes that there is no future for them in Cuba, so she opts to send them to the United States through the Pedro Pan Program. Eventually she comes to the US herself, but by then the girls have been placed in foster homes. It is during this stage of her life, penniless and without influence, that she must make the greatest sacrifices to regain custody of her daughters. At the end of the novel, we find a series of letters, all dated 2005, that were exchanged by the sisters after their mother passed away. Anna left behind a box containing a collection of sundry items that she had collected throughout her life. Cognizant that these were significant for their mother, they attempt to piece together a sketch of her life through these forgotten objects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A native of Cuba, Carlos Rubio came to the United States in 1961 and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds a BA degree from Concord College and a MA degree from West Virginia University. A bilingual novelist, in Spanish he has writeen Caleidoscopio, Saga, Orisha and Hubris. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the Nuevo León International Prize for Novels. In English he is the author of Orpheus' Blues, Secret Memories and American Triptych, a trilogy of satirical novels. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword's Magazine Book of the Year Award.
Now with two daughters under her care, Anna soon realizes that there is no future for them in Cuba, so she opts to send them to the United States through the Pedro Pan Program. Eventually she comes to the US herself, but by then the girls have been placed in foster homes. It is during this stage of her life, penniless and without influence, that she must make the greatest sacrifices to regain custody of her daughters. At the end of the novel, we find a series of letters, all dated 2005, that were exchanged by the sisters after their mother passed away. Anna left behind a box containing a collection of sundry items that she had collected throughout her life. Cognizant that these were significant for their mother, they attempt to piece together a sketch of her life through these forgotten objects.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A native of Cuba, Carlos Rubio came to the United States in 1961 and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. He holds a BA degree from Concord College and a MA degree from West Virginia University. A bilingual novelist, in Spanish he has writeen Caleidoscopio, Saga, Orisha and Hubris. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the Nuevo León International Prize for Novels. In English he is the author of Orpheus' Blues, Secret Memories and American Triptych, a trilogy of satirical novels. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword's Magazine Book of the Year Award.
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- Bookseller
- Editions Dedicaces (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00000140
- Title
- Forgotten Objects
- Author
- Carlos Rubio
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 15
- ISBN 10
- 1770764178
- ISBN 13
- 9781770764170
- Publisher
- Editions Dedicaces
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Forgotten, Objects, Carlos, Rubio, Editions Dedicaces
- Size
- 6 x 9 inches
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Editions Dedicaces Inc. has existed since 2009 and is based in Montreal. We publish books written by authors from several countries including: France, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Republic of Congo, Argentina, USA, Canada and more... The publishing house has participated in several book fairs in France, Switzerland, Canada and the United States. The radio, television and print media have profiled us several times in Europe, Africa and America.A branch of Editions Dedicaces was formed on April 1 2014 in the State of Delaware, in the form of a Limited Liability Company. This new company is completely independent of Editions Dedicaces in Canada. It was officially registered on the website of the Division of Corporations of the State of Delaware.The purpose of this new entity is to develop and expand the scope of activities of our publishing house and providing significant expansion into a market with several million people. We publish new English language works of writers from the United States, England and elsewhere.