Oscar Hijuelos: The Mambo Kings & Other Novels (Loa #362)

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Oscar Hijuelos, the first Latino Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, intricately explores the Cuban American immigrant experience. His debut novel, Our House in the Last World, follows Hector Santinio's family as they navigate the contrasting worlds of Cuba and New York City, grappling with identity and nostalgia. In The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Hijuelos celebrates Latin music through bandleader Cesar Castillo's reflections on fame and family. Mr. Ives' Christmas delves into the American dream's fragility, as a father's life is irrevocably changed by tragedy.