{"product_id":"lady-matadors-hotel-9781439181751","title":"Lady Matador's Hotel","description":"\u003cb\u003eNational Book Award finalist Cristina García delivers a powerful and gorgeous novel about the intertwining lives of the denizens of a luxurious hotel in an unnamed Central American capital in the midst of political turmoil.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe lives of six men and women converge over the course of one week. There is a Japanese-Mexican-American matadora in town for a bull-fighting competition; an ex-guerrilla now working as a waitress in the hotel coffee shop; a Korean manufacturer with an underage mistress ensconced in the honeymoon suite; an international adoption lawyer of German descent; a colonel who committed atrocities during his country's long civil war; and a Cuban poet who has come with his American wife to adopt a local infant. With each day, their lives become further entangled, resulting in the unexpected--the clash of histories and the pull of revenge and desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCristina García's magnificent orchestration of politics, the intimacies of daily life, and the frailty of human nature unfolds in a moving, ambitious, often comic, and unforgettable tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCristina García is the author of eight novels including \u003ci\u003eDreaming in Cuban\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Agüero Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Handbook to Luck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lady Matador's Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKing of Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere in Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVanishing Maps. \u003c\/i\u003eHer work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into fifteen languages. She has taught at universities nationwide and is currently Resident Playwright at Central Works Theater in Berkeley. Visit her website at CristinaGarciaNovelist.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50465937654034,"sku":"9781439181751","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6548cf70-9d29-4841-a6b6-e468c4798de3.jpg?v=1730114699","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lady-matadors-hotel-9781439181751","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}