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In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another—and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own. Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary, sometimes together, sometimes in pairs, with lovers in tow or alone. Throughout it all, they will be tested repeatedly—by their families, lovers, society, and one another—as they fight to live authentic lives. A groundbreaking, genre-defining work, Cantoras is…

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3 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 336 pages · 9780525563433
  • Hardcover · English · 2019
    Alfred A. Knopf · 317 pages · 9780525521693
  • Other · Spanish · 2020
    Cantoras (en Espanol)
    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 352 pages · 9780593082454
American literatureLGBTQ novelsStonewall Book AwardsNew York Times reviewedFiction, hispanic & latinoFiction, womenFiction, lgbtq+, generalFemale friendship