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The sky over Lima  Cover Image Book Book

The sky over Lima / Juan Gomez Barcena ; translated from Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg.

Summary:

"A retelling of a fantastical true story: two young men seduce Nobel laureate Juan Ramon Jimenez with the words of an imaginary woman and inspire one of his greatest love poems. Jose Galvez and Carlos Rodriguez are poets. Or, at least, they'd like to be. Sons of Lima's elite in the early twentieth century, they scribble bad verses and read the greats: Rilke, Rimbaud, and, above all others, Juan Ramon Jiménez, the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for Jimenez's latest work, unavailable in Lima, they decide to ask him for a copy. They're sure Jimenez won't send two dilettantes his book, but he might favor a beautiful woman. They write to him as the lovely, imaginary Georgina Hubner. Jimenez responds with a letter and a book. Elated, Jose and Carlos write back. Their correspondence continues, as the Maestro falls in love with Georgina, and the boys abandon poetry for the pages of Jimenez's life."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 054463005X
  • ISBN: 9780544630055
  • Physical Description: 275 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016.
Subject: Jiménez, Juan Ramón, 1881-1958 > Fiction.
Poets > Fiction.
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library FICTION GOMEZBARCENA 2016 (Text) 0001002135190 Fiction Available -


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