Historical Fiction· United States
The News from Paraguay
by Lily TuckAggregate Editorial Score78/100
★National Book Award
Published 2005248 pagesEnglish
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Lily Tuck's The News from Paraguay (2005) stands as one of the most significant works of historical fiction of its era. The story of Ella Lynch, the Irish-born mistress of a nineteenth-century Paraguayan dictator, who presided over a catastrophic war that killed almost all of Paraguay's men. Tuck's National Book Award winner is a spare, lyrical narrative about ambition, love, and historical catastrophe. Themes of Paraguay, war, colonialism run through the work. The book has received recognition from National Book Award 2005.
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