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Esperanza Street
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- Book Synopsis
- I was eight when my father brought me to one of the big houses at the top of Esperanza Street and left me with Mary Morelos. 'I haven't the time to fix broken wings,' she said. 'Does he have any trouble with discipline?' My father glanced at me before answering. So begins the story of Joseph, houseboy to the once-wealthy Mary Morelos, who lives in the three-story Spanish colonial house at the top of Esperanza Street in a port town in the Philippines. Through Joseph's eyes we are witness to the destruction of the community to which they are both, in their own way, bound. Niyati Keni's evocative and richly populated debut novel Esperanza Street is about criminality under the guise of progress, freedom or the illusion of it, and about how the choices that we make are ultimately the real measure of who we are.
- About The Author
- Niyati Keni was born in London. She studied medicine and still practises as a physician. She has travelled extensively within Asia, including in the Philippines where her debut novel, Esperanza Street, is set. Niyati Keni is based in West Sussex where she lives with her daughter. She is working on her second novel.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781908276483
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- And Other Stories, (05 February 2015)
- Number of Pages
- 309
- Weight
- 315 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 215 x 20 mm
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