The Matter of Desire

The Matter of Desire 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. Autor: Edmundo Paz Soldan Wydawnictwo: Houghton Mifflin Company Rok wydania: 2004 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 224 Wymiary: 21.0 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780618395576