Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
Toyita

La Cuarterona/The Quadroon

A dual language edition of Alejandro Tapia y Rivera’s masterpiece: set in Havana in the mid-19th century, the drama presents the obstacles to a mixed-race relationship between a son of the nobility and a woman of African ancestry.

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