num_pages: 384
description: Once a month, the refinery workers of the Tropical Oil Company descend upon Tora, a city in the Colombian forest. They journey down from the mountains searching for earthly bliss and hoping to encounter Sayonara, the legendary Indian prostitute who rules their squalid paradise like a queen. Beautiful, exotic, and mysterious, Sayonara, the undisputed barrio angel, captivates whoever crosses her path. Then, one day, she violates the unwritten rules of her profession and falls in love with a man she can never have. Sayonara's unrequited passion has tragic consequences not only for her, but for all those whose lives ultimately depend on the Tropical Oil Company.
language: English
title: The Dark Bride
titlecomplete: The Dark Bride
genres: Latin American, Novels, Spanish Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Fiction
ratings_count: 1338
places: Colombia
publisher: Black Swan