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1 sty 2001 · The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. Oscar Hijuelos. 3.67. 12,485 ratings626 reviews. The Pulitzer Prize-winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 1950s New York, from literary trailblazer Oscar Hijuelos.
5 sie 2022 · Do you know the answers to five trivia questions about this award-winning novel?
15 gru 2015 · Review. “By turns street-smart and lyrical, impassioned and reflective, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love is a rich and provocative book--a moving portrait of a man, his family, a community and a time.” ―Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.
They are talented and willing to work hard, and with some luck, put together an orchestra (The Mambo Kings), riding the popularity of the mambo craze of the late 1940s. They even get a guest appearance on “I Love Lucy” after Desi Arnaz catches their nightclub act one evening.
14 lis 2013 · Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times bestseller: A “lush, tipsy, all-night mambo of a novel about Cuban musicians in strange places like New York City” (People). Brothers Nestor and Cesar...
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos 2.0 A fever-dream of a book, in which the protagonist, drunk and dying in a hotel room, reminisces about his past, the Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love won the Pulitzer Prize back in 1990.
3 paź 2023 · The Pulitzer Prize winning modern classic of two Cuban musician brothers during the mambo-filled nights of 50's New York from literary trailblazer, Oscar Hijuelos. It's 1949 and two young Cuban musicians make their way from Havana to the grand stage of New York City.
