Once a month the oil riggers descend on Tora, a city in the Columbian jungle where the prostitutes live beneath special coloured lights that indicate the shade of their skin. The beautiful Sayonara rules the squalid red light district until she breaks the golden rule by falling in love - with a man she can never possess. And her unrequited passion will lead to tragic consequences not only for herself but for all whose lives ultimately depend on the Tropical Oil Company. Laura Restrepo based this story on real events and has produced a highly charged, exotic love story related with intelligence and compassion that dovetails with an evocative recreation of the harshness and corruption of life in rural Columbia. Readers of Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel will find this novel a genuine enchantment.
Sayonara is a beautiful Indian prostitute of Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. Once a month the oil riggers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon the city, where Sayonara is a legend and no one is immune to her charms. Sayonara rules their squalid paradise like a queen, until one day - against the sage advice of her 'Godmother' - she violates the unwritten rules of her profession by falling in love with a man she can never have. Sayonara's unrequited passion has tragic consequences not only for herself, but for all those whose lives ultimately depend on the Tropical Oil Company. A lush romantic novel about the world of prostitutes in Barrancaberma, Colombia, inspired by historical events. Full of tragedy and compassion, THE DARK BRIDE lovingly recreates the lusty, heartrending world of Colombian prostitutes and the men of the oil fields who are entranced by them.
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