The Matter of Desire

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book The Matter of Desire by Edmundo Paz Soldan, HMH Books
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Author: Edmundo Paz Soldan ISBN: 9780547798011
Publisher: HMH Books Publication: April 8, 2004
Imprint: Mariner Books Language: English
Author: Edmundo Paz Soldan
ISBN: 9780547798011
Publisher: HMH Books
Publication: April 8, 2004
Imprint: Mariner Books
Language: English

The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed graduate student, he returns to Bolivia to seek answers to his own life by investigating the mysteries of his father's past. Trapped between two cultures, Pedro ultimately finds himself in an existential dilemma of tragic dimensions. The Matter of Desire combines elements of the political thriller and the family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair and brilliantly elucidates the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States.

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The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a university in upstate New York. Having become entangled in an erotically charged romance with Ashley, a beautiful red-headed graduate student, he returns to Bolivia to seek answers to his own life by investigating the mysteries of his father's past. Trapped between two cultures, Pedro ultimately finds himself in an existential dilemma of tragic dimensions. The Matter of Desire combines elements of the political thriller and the family mystery with a torrid illicit love affair and brilliantly elucidates the complex relationship between Latin America and the United States.

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