The Living Infinite

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Inspired by the true story of a Spanish princess, an outspoken firebrand at the Bourbon court during the troubled final years of her family's reign. Eulalia accepts a role as emissary in the New World. In the company of Tomas Aragon, the son of her one-time wet nurse, and a small-town bookseller with a thirst for adventure, she travels first to a Cuba bubbling with revolution then on to the 1893 Chicago World Fair. Publicly, she is there as a representative of the Bourbon dynasty, privately, she is in America to find a publisher for her autobiography.

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Praise for Chantel Acevedo's The Distant Marvels "Acevedo here makes a significant contribution to contemporary literature...This is a major, uniquely powerful, and startlingly beautiful novel that should bring Acevedo's name to the top echelon of this generation's writers."--Booklist (Starred Review) "Rich and engrossing...quite aside from the human perceptivity and warmth that distinguish The Distant Marvels, is a writing style of an elegance rarely encountered in contemporary fiction."--Philadelphia Inquirer "The Distant Marvels is a wonderful story about the stories we tell each other and what they reveal about ourselves."--The San Francisco Chronicle"Acevedo takes a great story to another level with her remarkable storytelling."--Cedar Rapids Gazette "Irresistible moments of rebellion and bravery define this tale."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) "As Hurricane Flora blows past Fidel Castro's new Cuba, Acevedo's heartbreaking and humane novel comes to a memorable conclusion." --Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Chantel Acevedo was born in Miami to Cuban parents. She is the author of A Falling Star (Carolina Wren Press, 2014), Love and Ghost Letters (St. Martins, 2006), winner of the Latino International Book Award, and The Distant Marvels (Europa, 2015). Acevedo is an Associate Professor of English in the MFA Program of the University of Miami.