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Product Identifiers

PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-101400040841

ISBN-139781400040841

eBay Product ID (ePID)48249718

Product Key Features

Book TitleFlamenco Academy

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicContemporary Women, General, Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorSarah Bird

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight25 oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-044418

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"More than a summer romance . . .The Flamenco Academyis a deft exploration of love, desire and jealousy told against the backdrop of that most complex of dances, flamenco." -The Baltimore Sun "A compelling story brimming with the history and rhythm of flamenco . . . Bird's tale of romance and betrayal evokes the passion of flamenco itself." -bRILLIANT "A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." -San Jose Mercury News "Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe offlamenco puroand itscantaores(singers),tocaores(guitarists), andflamencas(dancers) is enthralling." -Texas Monthly "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird'sThe Flamenco Academyought to be way up there on your reading list." -The Austin American Statesman "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." -The Austin Chronicle "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After readingThe Flamenco Academy, it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." -Santa Fe Reporter, " More than a summer romance . . . "The Flamenco Academy" is a deft exploration of love, desire and jealousy told against the backdrop of that most complex of dances, flamenco." -- "The Baltimore Sun" " A compelling story brimming with the history and rhythm of flamenco . . . Bird's tale of romance and betrayal evokes the passion of flamenco itself." -- "bRILLIANT" " A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." -- "San Jose Mercury News" " Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe of "flamenco puro" and its "cantaores "(singers), "tocaores" (guitarists), and "flamencas" (dancers) is enthralling." -- "Texas Monthly" " If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird's "The Flamenco Academy" ought to be way up there on your reading list." -- "The Austin American Statesman" " In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." -- "The Austin Chronicle" " Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After reading "The Flamenco Academy," it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." -- "Santa Fe Reporter", "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird'sThe Flamenco Academyought to be way up there on your reading list." -The Austin American Statesman "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." -The Austin Chronicle "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After readingThe Flamenco Academy, it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." -Santa Fe Reporter, "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird's "The Flamenco Academy" ought to be way up there on your reading list." --"The Austin American Statesman" "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." --"The Austin Chronicle" "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After reading "The Flamenco Academy," it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." --"Santa Fe Reporter", "A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." -San Jose Mercury News "Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe offlamenco puroand itscantaores(singers),tocaores(guitarists), andflamencas(dancers) is enthralling." -Texas Monthly "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird'sThe Flamenco Academyought to be way up there on your reading list." -The Austin American Statesman "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." -The Austin Chronicle "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After readingThe Flamenco Academy, it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." -Santa Fe Reporter, "A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." --"San Jose Mercury News" "Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe of "flamenco puro" and its "cantaores "(singers), "tocaores" (guitarists), and "flamencas" (dancers) is enthralling." --"Texas Monthly" "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird's "The Flamenco Academy" ought to be way up there on your reading list." --"The Austin American Statesman" "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." --"The Austin Chronicle" "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After reading "The Flamenco Academy," it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." --"Santa Fe Reporter", "More than a summer romance . . .The Flamenco Academyis a deft exploration of love, desire and jealousy told against the backdrop of that most complex of dances, flamenco." -The Baltimore Sun "A compelling story brimming with the history and rhythm of flamenco . . . Bird's tale of romance and betrayal evokes the passion of flamenco itself." -bRILLIANT "A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." -San Jose Mercury News "Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe offlamenco puroand itscantaores(singers),tocaores(guitarists), andflamencas(dancers) is enthralling." -Texas Monthly "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird'sThe Flamenco Academyought to be way up there on your reading list." -The Austin American Statesman "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." -The Austin Chronicle "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After readingThe Flamenco Academy, it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." -Santa Fe Reporter From the Hardcover edition., "More than a summer romance . . . "The Flamenco Academy" is a deft exploration of love, desire and jealousy told against the backdrop of that most complex of dances, flamenco." --"The Baltimore Sun" "A compelling story brimming with the history and rhythm of flamenco . . . Bird's tale of romance and betrayal evokes the passion of flamenco itself." --"bRILLIANT" "A heady brew of a novel, lushly romantic at one turn, wryly and wittily observant at the next." --"San Jose Mercury News" "Stunning and ambitious, a tale of obsession and, yes, gypsies . . . Bird's travelogue to the little-known universe of "flamenco puro" and its "cantaores "(singers), "tocaores" (guitarists), and "flamencas" (dancers) is enthralling." --"Texas Monthly" "If you want a good, solid summer romp, Sarah Bird's "The Flamenco Academy" ought to be way up there on your reading list." --"The Austin American Statesman" "In the monolithic culture of flamenco, Bird finds a remarkable landscape for transforming the inaccessible whims of an obsessive, lonely teenager into the epic saga of self-acceptance, loyalty and love to which no one is immune." --"The Austin Chronicle" "Fascinating . . .A tale of friendship and betrayal with powerful glimpses into the legacy of flamenco, its mysteries and power . . . After reading "The Flamenco Academy," it may be impossible to ever think of the art of flamenco in the same way." --"Santa Fe Reporter"

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SynopsisFrom the author of the widely praised "The Yokota Officers Club," a superbly alive novel about two young American women caught up in the fevered excitement of the flamenco revival sweeping the Southwest. The place is Albuquerque. Cyndi Rae Hrncir, called Rae, seventeen and shy, is twice spellbound, first by high school bad girl Didi (" Dirty Deeds" ) Steinberg, already embarked on a search for stardom, then by a devastatingly handsome young flamenco guitarist, Toma s Montenegro. Soon the girls are in college, where they abandon themselves to the disciplines and demands of the university's flamenco academy and to the hypnotic storytelling of their teacher, Don a Carlota, Toma s's great-aunt. While never losing the insistent beat of the dance, Don a Carlota mesmerizes her students with the complexly embroidered story of her childhood growing up among the cave-dwelling Gypsies of Andalusia. She initiates them into the traditions, the rhythms, and the steps of "flamenco puro," with its central imperative: " "Dame la verdad"" -- Give me the truth. Locked in a volatile triangle and driven by obsession-- Didi's with stardom, Rae's with Toma s, Toma s's with his mysterious heritage-- these three emerge as the brightest stars on the New World flamenco scene, while secrets and desires, longings and betrayals pulse just beneath the glittering surface of their compelling performances. A sense of passion and danger has always surrounded flamenco. In "The Flamenco Academy," Sarah Bird delivers a novel with a sense of history and character that matches the drama of the dance it sobrilliantly celebrates., Lights! Camera! Action! A hilarious chapter book debut from a fabulous new talent! Things to Know About Me by Jules Bloom 1. I am a scrambled-eggs-and-chocolate-milk type person. 2. I have an audition for a TV commercial (which would be great if I were a tall-icy-drink type person.) 3. I am in between best friends right now. 4. I am worried that the audition will be a disaster. (See #1 and #3!) Jules doesn't want to ruin THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME, and she's willing to turn to anyone for help--even her know-it-all ex-best friend! If only that lovely new girl in class would turn out to be the new best friend of her dreams, maybe, just maybe, Jules will be ready for her close-up...., The passion and danger attached to flamenco flows through this compelling new novel by the author of "The Yokota Officers Club"--a story of two young American women caught up in the fevered excitement of the flamenco revival sweeping the Southwest.

LC Classification NumberPS3552.I74F55 2006