The Island Of Eternal Love

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.

An enchanting multigenerational epic of three familiesafrom Africa, Spain, and Chinaaand their bond to one another and the island they call home.
Cecilia is alone in a city that haunts her. Life in Miami evokes memories of Cuba: a scent in the breeze like the sea at the MalecA3n; the beat of a clave recalls island evenings when couples danced to forgotten rhythms. Far from her family, her history, and her home, Cecilia seeks refuge in a bar in Little Havana, where a mysterious old womanas fascinating tale keeps her returning night after night.
It is a story of three families from opposite corners of the worldafrom Africa, Spain, and Chinaathat spans more than a century. Within it, a Chinese widow seeks protection for her daughter in her familyas idols; an African slave brings the rhythms of her birth to an enchanted island; and a curse dances before the female descendants of a charmed Spanish matriarch, forming the mythic origins of one familyas indestructible bond. The connection strengthens with each generation into a legendary, unbreakable love. Under the storyas heady sway, Cecilia begins to discover the source of the elusive shadows that plague her and, along with it, a link to the past she cannot shake.
From DaA-na Chaviano, a distinctive literary voice available to English-speaking readers for the first time, comes this multifaceted portrait of the Cuba of this century. As haunting as it is tantalizing, "The Island of Eternal Love" is an ambitious, provocative, and magical novel that uncovers the secrets of a woman, a family, and an islandaall in one spellbinding tale.