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Freedom Is a Feast
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In 1964, Stanislavo, a zealous young man devoted to his ideals, turns his back on his privilege to join the leftist movement in the jungles of Venezuela. There, as he trains, he meets Emiliana, a nurse and fellow revolutionary. Though their intense connection seems to be love at first sight, their romance is upended by a decision with consequences that will echo down through the generations.
Almost forty years later, in a poor barrio of Caracas, María, a single mother, ekes out a precarious existence as a housekeeper, pouring her love into her Eloy, her young son. Her devotion will not be enough, however, to keep them from disaster. On the eve of the attempted coup against President Chávez, Eloy is wounded by a stray bullet, upending her world. Amid the chaos at the hospital, María encounters Stanislavo, now a newspaper editor. Even as the country itself is convulsed by waves of unrest, this twist of fate forces a belated reckoning for Stanislavo, who may yet earn a chance to atone for old missteps before it’s too late.
With its epic scope, gripping narrative, and unflinching intimacy, Freedom Is a Feast announces a major new talent. Alejandro Puyana has delivered a wise and moving debut about sticking to one’s beliefs at the expense of pain and chaos, about the way others can suffer for our misdeeds even when we have the best of intentions, and about the possibility for redemption when love persists across time.
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“Heart-stopping, heartbreaking, expansive, riveting: Alejandro Puyana’s Freedom Is a Feast is an astonishing first novel by a writer capable of showing the sweep of history and the souls of his characters at the same time.”Elizabeth McCracken, National Book Award finalist and author of Bowlaway
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“In this vivid and arresting novel lives are lived in triage. A man is ‘a sheathed knife,’ and people are ‘bargaining chips’ during the dangerous reign of Hugo Chávez. Stories of humanity and even love shine through brutality, while lives change—or end—in an instant. Citizens are faced with impossible choices in the quest for freedom, and the need to honor their culture. Freedom Is a Feast is a memorable debut, and Puyana is already a master storyteller.”Amy Hempel, author of Reasons to Live and The Collected Stories
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“Alejandro Puyana’s debut novel, Freedom Is a Feast, sneaks up on you, ensnares you, then explodes around you. It is a tour de force. Applause for the new master.”Luis Alberto Urrea, New York Times bestselling author of Good Night, Irene and The House of Broken Angels
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“Freedom Is a Feast is a searing and soaring novel, a book that lays bare the costs of tyranny and the heart-rending sacrifices of those who dare to fight against it. By rendering the lives of characters from his native Venezuela with such clear-eyed compassion, Alejandro Puyana has given readers an extraordinary window into the soul of a nation. Freedom Is a Feast is the perfect novel for this political moment—a story of anger and loss, of courage and hope, and, with luck, of change.”Bret Anthony Johnston, author of the national bestseller Remember Me Like This
- On Sale
- Aug 20, 2024
- Page Count
- 448 pages
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- ISBN-13
- 9780316571784
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