The News From Paraguay: A Novel
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The News From Paraguay: A Novel
By (Author) Lily Tuck
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperPerennial
23rd December 2004
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Romance
813
Physical Properties
Paperback
272
Width 136mm, Height 202mm, Spine 16mm
224g
Description
Pursued by the future dictator of Paraguay, Irish courtesan Ella Lynch struggles with isolation in spite of her power as his mistress, and witnesses the nation's victimization due to her lover's arrogant ambitions.
Reviews
"Tuck's prose is elegant, the subject well researched." -- New York Times Book Review
"Compelling...the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative." -- Newsday
"Charming." -- Vogue
"The perfect setting for Tuck's dark wit." -- The New Yorker
"The episodic style achieves many lovely moments...images are so vivid you can almost smell them." -- Washington Post Book World
"THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck's characteristically exact, evocative prose." -- Publishers Weekly
"Elegant ...the author's research is impressive ... a rich and rewarding read." -- Publishers Weekly
"Impressively researched, lushly written... a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck's best so far." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred)
"A gripping read." -- Library Journal
"Decorous detail and vivid imagery." -- Los Angeles Times
"Vivid, intriguing . . . Tuck brings to life the lush, sensual, and brutal world of 19th-century Paraguay." -- Entertainment Weekly
"Beautifully written." -- Time
"Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... Tuck brings characters fully to life." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
Author Bio
Born in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: Interviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and The News from Paraguay, winner of theNational Book Award. She is also the author of the biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and are collected in Limbo and Other Places I Have Lived. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.
