The Island of Eternal Love - by Da Na Chaviano (Paperback)

About the Book

From award-winning author Chaviano comes this enchanting multigenerational epic of three families--from Africa, Spain, and China--and their bond to one another and the island they call home.

Book Synopsis

A magical new novel "of loss and love across more than a century of Cuba's past."(Chicago Sun-Times)

Alone in a city that haunts her, far from her family, her history, and the island she left behind, Cecelia seeks refuge in a bar in Little Havana where a mysterious old woman's fascinating tale keeps Cecelia returning night after night. Her powerful story of long-vanished epochs weaves the saga of three families from far-flung pieces of the world whose connection forms the kind of family that Cecelia has long been missing-one cast from legendary, unbreakable love. As Cecelia falls under the story's heady sway, she discovers the source of the visions that plague her, and a link to the past she cannot shake.

Review Quotes

"Passionate...satisfying."
-Chicago Sun- Times

"A rich, moving, musical novel."
-Locus magazine

"[An] ambitious novel."
-Sun-Sentinel

"Rich, satisfying...this work is an absolute delight."
-Library Journal

About the Author

Daína Chaviano is the award-winning author of several novels published in Spanish. Winner of the acclaimed Azorín Award for Best Novel for El hombre, la hembra y el hambre (Man, Woman and Hunger), her most recent work, The Island of Eternal Love, was the recipient of the 2007 Florida Book Awards' Gold Medal for Best Spanish Language Book and has been translated into twenty languages around the world. A Havana native, Chaviano has lived in Miami since 1991.