Olga Muere Soñando (Novela) / Olga Dies Dreaming (a Novel)

International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Mejor libro traducido de ficción, Inglés a Español. MEDALLA DE ORO

Podría convertirse en una buena película o serie de televisión. --Comentario de los jueces del ILBA

Divertidísima... Un deslumbrante drama de amor, política, corrupción... protagonizado por una familia puertorriqueña en Brooklyn . People

Olga y su hermano, Pedro Prieto Acevedo, un carismático congresista, han alcanzado un estatus privilegiado en la ciudad de Nueva York. Olga es una reconocida organizadora de bodas de la élite de la ciudad, y su trabajo es recompensado con cifras astronómicas. Su hermano, Prieto Acevedo, representa a la comunidad latina en su barrio natal de Brooklyn.

Lo que pocos saben es que, a pesar de sus exitosas vidas, los Acevedo se criaron con su abuela cuando su madre, Blanca, los abandonó para entregarse al activismo político con los Young Lords. Ahora, tras sobrevivir al huracán María, ella reaparece súbitamente en sus vidas.

Con el telón de fondo de la ciudad de Nueva York en los meses posteriores al devastador huracán, Olga muere soñando explora la corrupción política, los conflictos familiares y el verdadero significado del sueño americano.

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International Latino Book Awards 2025 - Best Translated Fiction Book, English to Spanish. GOLD MEDAL

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more!

"Don't underestimate this new novelist. She's jump-starting the year with a smart romantic comedy that lures us in with laughter and keeps us hooked with a fantastically engaging story." --The Washington Post

A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social ambitions, absent mother, and Puerto Rican roots--all in the wake of Hurricane Maria.

It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's power brokers.

Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the 1 percent but she can't seem to find her own. . . until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.

Olga and Prieto's mother, Blanca, a Young Lord turned radical, abandoned her children to advance a militant political cause, leaving them to be raised by their grandmother. Now, with the winds of hurricane season, Blanca has come barreling back into their lives.

Set against the backdrop of New York City in the months surrounding the most devastating hurricane in Puerto Rico's history, Xochitl Gonzalez's Olga Dies Dreaming is a story that examines political corruption, familial strife, and the very notion of the American dream--all while asking what it really means to weather a storm.

Author: Xochitl Gonzalez
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.10w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9786073911917
Language: Spanish

About the Author
Gonzalez, Xochitl: -

Xochitl González es la autora de Olga muere soñando, bestseller del New York Times. Nombrado Mejor Libro de 2022 por The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post y NPR, además de obtener el Premio del Libro de Ficción de la Biblioteca Pública de Brooklyn y del Premio del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York.González se graduó en 2021 con una maestría en Bellas Artes del Iowa Writers' Workshop. Su trabajo de no ficción se ha publicado en Elle Decor, Allure, Vogue, Real Simple y The Cut. Sus artículos de opinión para The Atlantic fueron reconocidos como finalistas del Premio Pulitzer. Originaria de Brooklyn y orgullosa graduada de una escuela pública, González tiene una licenciatura de la Universidad Brown y vive en su ciudad natal de Brooklyn con su perro, Hectah Lavoe.

AUTORA GALARDONADA por los International Latino Book Awards 2025

Xochitl Gonzalez is the New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming. Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New York Times, TIME, Kirkus, Washington Post, and NPR, Olga Dies Dreaming was the winner of the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize in Fiction and the New York City Book Award. Gonzalez is a 2021 MFA graduate from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her nonfiction work has been published in Elle Decor, Allure, Vogue, Real Simple, and The Cut. Her commentary writing for The Atlantic was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A native Brooklynite and proud public school graduate, Gonzalez holds a BA from Brown University and lives in her hometown of Brooklyn with her dog, Hectah Lavoe.

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR for the International Latino Book Awards 2025