Sirena Selena vestida de pena / Sirena Selena dressed of sorrow (Spanish Edition) (Narrativa (Punto de Lectura))

By Febres, Mayra Santos

Publishers Summary:
Sirena Selena is a gay teenager with a gifted voice. When she leaves home to make her way in the world, she meets bar owner Martha Divine, an old transvestite who decides to promote the young girl. Sirena Selena vestida de pena is a brilliant portrayal of a world within Caribbean society and a superb exposition of the sexual ambiguities of human beings, written in a fascinating and disquieting manner. In this debut novel, Mayra Santos Febres explores the world of transvestites with a great sense of humor. Spanish Description: Sirena Selena, un adolescente gay que se ha echado a la calle para ganarse la vida, posee un don especial: una voz dulce, cristalina, fresca como el mismisimo mal de amores sobre la faz de la tierra. Y cuando Martha Divine, una vieja travesti duena de un bar en Puerto Rico, descubre ese talento sin igual, decide promocionar al joven... aunque hay un pequeno detalle: en Puerto Rico es ilegal el trabajo de menores. Miss Divine, como manager, decide buscar otros horizontes donde este aspecto legal se menos rigido, y para ello se dirigen a la Republica Dominicana. Sirena Selena vestida de pena es un excelente relato de un mundo de la sociedad caribena y una magnifica elaboracion de las ambiguedades de la sexualidad, escrito con un lenguaje fascinante y perturbador. Con esta primera novela, Mayra Santos Febres explora el mundo de los travestis de una manera afortunada y con gran sentido del humor.

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978-1-60396-859-1
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Punto de Lectura


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Reviewed on January 1, 2010  |  Spanish Books

Arguably the most famous novel by 2009 Guggenheim fellow Santos-Febres, this is the story of Sirena ("mermaid") Selena, a teenage Puerto Rican transvestite with an enchanting voice and a complicated past, who flies to the Dominican Republic with his/her manager, Martha Divine, an older and wiser cross-dresser, in an attempt to find success as a hotel singer. Using first- and third- person...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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