The Ogre's Daughter
Will be published approx. on 20. November 2025
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-1-78770-598-2 (ISBN)
Description
The turbulent life story of Flor de Oro Trujillo, the eldest child of one of the world's most brutal dictators
Flor de Oro was born in 1915 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. Her father rose from small-time gangster to dictator and ruthlessly ruled the country for three decades until his assassination in 1961.
El Jefe controlled his daughter with the same tight grip with which he ruled the country. It is a toxic love and Flor will fight all her life to free herself from her father's yoke, the father she both loves and loathes. Flor's journey includes nine marriages and many exiles which take her to France, Nazi Germany, and the United States.
Flor's life is a story of abuse, and struggles, and mistakes. It is a life story worthy of a novel.
Flor de Oro was born in 1915 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. Her father rose from small-time gangster to dictator and ruthlessly ruled the country for three decades until his assassination in 1961.
El Jefe controlled his daughter with the same tight grip with which he ruled the country. It is a toxic love and Flor will fight all her life to free herself from her father's yoke, the father she both loves and loathes. Flor's journey includes nine marriages and many exiles which take her to France, Nazi Germany, and the United States.
Flor's life is a story of abuse, and struggles, and mistakes. It is a life story worthy of a novel.
Reviews / Votes
"Impossible not to be moved by this book, which sheds light on a woman in the shadows." * Le Journal du Centre * "A magnificent novel about the shocking fate of the daughter of one of the most sinister dictators the earth has ever borne." * Ici Paris *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 145 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78770-598-2 (9781787705982)
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Persons
Catherine Bardon is a French writer who divides her time between France and the Dominican Republic. She is the author of Les Deracines, which has sold over 600,000 copies and won numerous awards. The Ogre's Daughter is her first novel to be translated into English.
Tina Kover is an award-winning literary translator whose works include The Black City by Georges Sand, Adelaide Bon's The Little Girl on the Ice Floe, and The Postcard by Anne Berest.
Tina Kover is an award-winning literary translator whose works include The Black City by Georges Sand, Adelaide Bon's The Little Girl on the Ice Floe, and The Postcard by Anne Berest.