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Mayra santosfebres born 1966 in carolina is a puerto rican author, poet, novelist, professor. Mayra santosfebres has published more than twentyfive books of poetry, short stories, essay collections, and novels. Sirena selena is a fifteenyearold boy whose grandmother died and left him alone in the streets of san juan. Discovered by martha divine in the backstreets of san juan, picking over garbage, drugged out of his mind and singing bo. Martha divine, una drag queen ya entrada en anos, rubia oxigenad. Sirena selena by mayra santosfebres, translated by. No wonder the translator chose to just shorten the title. A finalist for the 2001 romulo gallegos prize for the novel, it won the pen club of puerto ricos prize for best novel, and. Mayra santos febres sirena selena part 1 fictions of. Her work focuses primarily on themes of diaspora identity, female sexuality, the erotic, gender fluidity, desire, and power. Buy this book in this titillating debut novel, a followup to her wellreceived short fiction collection, urban oracles, santosfebres. Sirena selena ebook por mayra santosfebres rakuten kobo. Grijalbo mondadori, 2000, which focuses on the life of a teenaged drag queen who.
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