The Divine Husband

With his previous novels， Francisco Goldman has reaped immense acclaim and established himself as an American voice of vital importance. His third novel is a marvelous tale of great love， the soul of the Americas and the birth of the modern spirit， set in the convents， ballrooms， and coffee plantations of late-nineteenth-century Central America and the docks， rooming houses， and stately Fifth Avenue addresses of New York. When we meet María de las Nieves Moran， she is a bookish and dreamy novice nun-until the country's new ruler closes the convents. What will be her fate in the secular world? When María de las Nieves enrolls in a writing class under José Martí， her life is transformed by the brilliant poet and hero of Cu