Synopsis A Chicago flamenco dancer with a bad leg spurns her longtime married lover for a young dancer, and the eternal triangle threatens to lead to serious complications in Carmen's already tumultuous life.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-09-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 213 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 13.6 oz |
Publisher's Note A breakthrough novel from the author of the acclaimed "So Far from God"--a lyrical, steamy, and moving story of a love triangle set in the colorful world of flamenco dancing.
Industry Reviews "Could be the offspring of a union between ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE and GENERAL HOSPITAL." catalog - Vanessa Friedman (09/17/1999)
"The remarkable thing about PEEL MY LOVE LIKE AN ONION is that although it's littered with hackneyed phrases and unanswered questions..., its narrator emerges as a complex, likable character....Jaunty and insecure, Carmen comes to life despite Castillo's slapdash prose." New York Times Book Review - Margot Mifflin (09/19/1999)
"Observant and witty, if not altogether exceptional: Castillo creates a poignant portrait of passion lost and regained." Sullivan
"The plot teeters on the brink of soap opera but never falls over the edge, thanks to the rigorously exact rhythms of Castillo's prose..." Schorer
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