Cabañuelas (Norma E. Cantú)
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2019

A novel about Nena, who goes to Madrid with a Fulbright scholarship. In Spain, she researches feasts and celebrations, learns to enjoy the culture and the way of life, befriends many Spanish and ex-pat intellectuals, and falls in love with Paco, all the while pondering the question of whether to stay in Spain or to return to her native Laredo, Texas.

La protagonista de esta novela, Nena, viaja a Madrid con una beca Fulbright. En España, desarrolla su investigación sobre diversas fiestas y celebraciones, aprende a disfrutar de la cultura y el modo de vida, conoce a múltiples intelectuales españoles y de otros países y se enamora de Paco. Hacia el final de la novela, Nena se enfrenta a la difícil decisión de volver a su ciudad natal (Laredo, Texas) o quedarse en España.

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