Olga Dies Dreaming
A Novel
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- 57,99 lei
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- 57,99 lei
Publisher Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE • INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST
A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots—all in the wake of Hurricane Maria
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more!
"Don’t underestimate this new novelist. She’s jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story." —The Washington Post
It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro “Prieto” Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan’s power brokers.
Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent but she can’t seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.
Olga and Prieto’s mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.
Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico’s history, Xochitl Gonzalez’s Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream—all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Olga Dies Dreaming kicks off as a smart, snarky romantic comedy—then immediately expands into something even better. At 40, Olga Acevedo is one of New York’s hottest wedding planners. When she has an impulsive one-night stand with Matteo, a quirky realtor from her old Brooklyn neighborhood, it seems like we’re in for the familiar story of the ambitious career woman who rediscovers what she’s lost. That’s not what happens. First-time author Xochitl Gonzalez adds other fascinating characters, like Olga’s similarly career-driven congressman brother (who has his own troubles) and an absent mother who abandoned the family to become a pro-independence Puerto Rican revolutionary. Plus, the story unfolds just before Hurricane Maria destroyed much of Puerto Rico in 2017. We were amazed by Gonzalez’s talent for exploring big themes like gentrification, colonialism, misogyny, homophobia, racism, and corruption while still keeping things zipping right along. Olga Dies Dreaming is destined to become an iconic New York City novel.
