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by Marvel Moreno
Set in a sweltering Caribbean coastal city, Moreno's landmark novel chronicles the lives of aristocratic women trapped by patriarchal violence and social convention. Through interwoven narratives of three generations, she exposes the brutal realities beneath privileged surfaces where the December breezes bring no relief. A searing feminist masterwork of Colombian literature that dissects gender, class, and the violence woven into respectable society.
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