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Esclava de la libertad
Published 2022 by Grijalbo, Barcelona
ISBN 9781644736951
Bib Id 1184658
Edition Primera edición.
Description 622 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
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9781644736951 (paperback) $24.95
1644736950
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SPA Falcones de Sierra
Title
Esclava de la libertad
Edition
Primera edición.
Publication Information
2022 by Grijalbo, Barcelona :
Description
622 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
A fascinating story that narrates the passionate struggle for freedom of two black women in different times: colonial slave Cuba and 21st century Spain. A ship carrying a sinister cargo arrives at the Caribbean island. More than 700 women and girls kidnapped from their native Africa arrive to work, until exhaustion, in the sugar cane fields and give birth to children who will also be slaves. Kaweka is one of them, a girl who will experience first-hand the horror of slavery on the hacienda of the cruel Marquis of Santadoma, but who will soon show those around her that she has the ability to commune with Yemayá. This is a fickle goddess who sometimes grants him the gift of healing and gives him the strength to lead his fellow race in the fight for freedom against oppressors who have succeeded in enslaving their bodies, but not their souls. Lita, a young mulatto, is the daughter of Concepción, the woman who has spent her whole life serving in the house of the Marquises of Santadoma, in the heart of the Salamanca district, just as her ancestors did in colonial Cuba. Despite having studies and professional ambition, her job insecurity forces Lita to turn to the almighty lords of Santadoma in search of an opportunity in the bank owned by the Marquis. As she immerses herself in the finances of the company and in the past of this very wealthy family, the young woman discovers the origins of her fortune and decides to launch a legal battle in favor of dignity and justice, which her mother and all deserve. the women who gave their lives in the service of whites who never treated them as equals. A dazzling novel about two brave women who will fight, each with their weapons, racism and injustice, written by the most important Spanish author of historical novels of our time. A tribute paid to the role of women in their struggle for justice and freedom.
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Text in Spanish.
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