Cesar y Nestor Castillo, musicos cubanos, llegan a Nueva York en busca de fama y fortuna
Los Reyes del Mambo Serie
Esta serie narra las vibrantes vidas de dos hermanos cubanos que viajan desde La Habana hasta la escena de la ciudad de Nueva York durante la electrizante era del mambo. Sigue su ascenso desde sus orígenes de clase trabajadora hasta convertirse en estrellas de los salones de baile, donde su música pulsa con juventud, amor y libertad. Sumérgete en reflexiones nostálgicas sobre una época dorada llena de triunfos y tragedias. La saga captura maravillosamente temas de fusión cultural, identidad y el espíritu inolvidable de una era musical.
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“Savor the mysterious power of a master’s pentimento.” —Los Angeles Times “It takes a lot of nerve and skill to pull off something as rich as Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul, but pull it off Hijuelos does.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer “I fell instantly in love with the glorious soul of Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul. Hijuelos has created and brought to life two beloved characters, a heart-stealing heroine and Havana during an epoch of changing fate.” —Amy Tan, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club In Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul, Oscar Hijuelos returns to the passionate tale he began twenty years ago in The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. MarÍa is the great Cuban beauty who stole musician Nestor Castillo’s heart and broke it, inspiring him to write the Mambo Kings’ biggest hit, “Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul.'” Now in her sixties and living as an exile in Miami, MarÍa remains a beauty, still capable of turning heads. But while she left Cuba decades ago, she has never forgotten Nestor. As she thinks back to her days—and nights—in Havana, an entirely new perspective on the Mambo Kings story unfolds. Beautiful MarÍa of My Soul is a stunning act of reinvention, and another contemporary classic from an extraordinarily talented writer.
