Pros: Easy and entertaining, learned about the culture and difficulties of emigration and resettlement Cons: Long descriptions that often cause you to have to reread the sentences
Mambo Kings Sing Songs of love, by Oscar Hijuelos, is the fictional account of two brothers who emigrate to the United States in the few years before Castro comes to power. It is the touching tale detailing the difficulties and joys of trying to create...
Pros: Book does tell about a time in American when not too much has been written Cons: Moves slowly
Our book club read ``The Mambo Kings Sing Songs of Love,'' two years ago. Why did this book win a Pulitzer Prize?
It is a slice of Americana....set in the 1950s in New York it tells the story of two Cuban brothers making their way in...
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