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      The Shrine at Altamira

      by John L'Heureux
      Published
      May 1992
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      General Fiction General Fiction
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      256
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      A novel of cultural and emotional divides—and the consequences of obsessive love—from the author of An Honorable Profession, a New York Times Notable Book.

       

      The Shrine at Altamira by John L'Heureux has the simple shape and powerful impact of Greek tragedy. When Maria Corazon Alvarez meets Russell Whitaker at a school dance, she sees his blue eyes and solid American name as a ticket out of the ghetto into a better life. They dance, they touch, they tumble into a love so strong and elemental it should last forever. But gradually the balance shifts; he loves her more, she loves him less. When their son is born, Maria gives him all her love and Russell is pushed aside. Wild, obsessed, Russell runs mad and his desperate love becomes a fire that consumes them all.


       


      "Mesmerizing . . . A powerful and affecting story about love's most anguished and disturbing permutations." —Timothy Hunter, The Plain Dealer

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      Mar 1993 Penguin ISBN13 9780140167115 ISBN10 0140167110
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      Sep 1999 Grove Press ISBN13 9780802136558 ISBN10 0802136559
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      First Edition May 1992 Viking ISBN13 9780670843268 ISBN10 0670843261
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      Aug 1999 Grove Press ISBN10 B001CSLUBW
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      Dec 2007 Grove Press ISBN13 9781555846824 ISBN10 1555846823
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      Dec 2007 Grove Press ISBN10 B0097DE05M
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