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Historical Fiction · MelancholicAn Irish courtesan and the man who will rule Paraguay, told in short scenes and letters
The News from Paraguay
by Lily Tuck
2004248 pagesModerate readSteady pace
★ National Book Award for Fiction, 2004
An Irish courtesan courts a man who will become the president of Paraguay
Eliza Lynch is an Irish courtesan who courts Francisco Solano Lopez before he becomes president of Paraguay. The story is set in nineteenth-century Paraguay. It is told in a series of short scenes and in letters, which build up the relationship in pieces.
More about this book
Who
Eliza Lynch, an Irish courtesan, and Francisco Solano Lopez, who becomes the president of Paraguay.
World
Paraguay in the nineteenth century.
What makes it different
It is told as a series of vignettes and letters, not as one continuous narrative.
Feel
Historical and romantic, told in fragments. It won the 2004 National Book Award for Fiction.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The News from ParaguayWikipedia