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About the Author

Born in Paris, LILY TUCK is the author of four previous novels: Interviewing Matisse, or the Woman Who Died Standing Up; The Woman Who Walked on Water; Siam, or the Woman Who Shot a Man, which was nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction; and The News from Paraguay, winner of the National Book Award. She is also the author of the biography Woman of Rome: A Life of Elsa Morante. Her short stories have appeared in The New Yorker and are collected in Limbo and Other Places I Have Lived. Lily Tuck divides her time between Maine and New York City.

Praise for The News from Paraguay…

“Tuck’s prose is elegant, the subject well researched.”
-New York Times Book Review

“Compelling…the stuff that good fiction is made of: complex characters and an intricate narrative.”
-Newsday

“Charming.”
-Vogue

“The perfect setting for Tuck’s dark wit.”
-The New Yorker

“The episodic style achieves many lovely moments…images are so vivid you can almost smell them.”
-Washington Post Book World

“THE NEWS FROM PARAGUAY captures the physical beauty of an exotic land in Tuck’s characteristically exact, evocative prose.”
-Publishers Weekly

“Elegant …the author’s research is impressive … a rich and rewarding read.”
-Publishers Weekly

“Impressively researched, lushly written… a splendid realization if its rich subject and Tuck’s best so far.”
-Kirkus Reviews (starred)

“A gripping read.”
-Library Journal

“Decorous detail and vivid imagery.”
-Los Angeles Times

“Vivid, intriguing . . . Tuck brings to life the lush, sensual, and brutal world of 19th-century Paraguay.”
-Entertainment Weekly

“Beautifully written.”
-Time

“Reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez ... Tuck brings characters fully to life.”
-Cleveland Plain Dealer