The House on the Lagoon

Rosario Ferré
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The House on the Lagoon is the story of Isabel Monfort and her husband Quintin Mendizabal--the history of a family whose secrets, conflicts and private mythologies add up to the larger story of a nation: Puerto Rico.
Genres: FictionHistorical FictionMagical RealismSpanish LiteratureLatinxLiterary Fiction20th CenturyHistoricalLatin AmericanLatino
407 Pages

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