Damiana's Reprieve

By Martha Batiz

Winner of the Casa de Teatro Prize (Dominican Republic), Damiana's Reprieve is a fine novella distinguished by insight and sensitivity. It gives a candid look at a young opera singer--what happens backstage before and during performances, and what happens when unexpected turns in life leave one facing the not-so-clich reality that the show must go on.

Damiana is the lead in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, and leading up to the opening day's performance a sequence of unexpected events--from a surprise family reunion that forces her to analyze her past, to facing the consequences of the domestic abuse she and her siblings endured, and finding the answer to a very painful question--culminate to leave her world forever altered. Translated from the Spanish.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550967983
• ISBN13: 9781550967982
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Exile Editions
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 7.9"