{"product_id":"our-lady-of-the-night-9780061731303","title":"Our Lady of the Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom internationally-acclaimed novelist Mayra Santos-Febres comes a carnal, epic novel about the life of Isabel \"La Negra\" Luberza--a legendary Puerto Rican madam who, by the end of World War II, became the most powerful woman on the island.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel \"La Negra\" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status--armed with incredible physical presence, indomitable ambition, and keen intelligence--she meets Fernando Fornarís, the man who will forever change her life. With a parcel of land given to her by her rich, white married lover, Isabel transforms herself into a hard-edged and merciless businesswoman--abandoning her own newborn son to become Puerto Rico's most feared and respected madam, a collector of society's secrets, a queen of the notorious brothel that emerges as the island's true political and economic heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the rich backdrop of the Caribbean and the United States during the tumultuous years of World War II, Mayra Santos-Febres's \u003cem\u003eOur Lady of the Night\u003c\/em\u003e is a breathtaking novel of passion, power, and the devastating price of achieving everything one wishes for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSantos-Febres, Mayra:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMayra Santos-Febres has won many prizes for her stories and was recently awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and long-listed for the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She lives in Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMayra Santos-Febres es poeta, narradora y critica. Sus novelas incluyen \u003cem\u003eSirena Selena vestida de pena\u003c\/em\u003e, finalista del Premio Rómulo Gallegos 2001, y \u003cem\u003eCualquier miércoles soy tuya\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNuestra Señora de la Noche\u003c\/em\u003e, finalista del X Premio Primavera, es su tercera novela. Actualmente es catedrática y dirige el taller de narrativa de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644909621522,"sku":"9780061731303","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3fa33f21-f208-4912-999d-ec1509e459a2.jpg?v=1733129234","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/our-lady-of-the-night-9780061731303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}