description: Bitten by a rabid dog in colonial South America, twelve-year-old Sierva Mari+a7a is sent to a convent to endure torturous therapies and meets bookish Father Cayetano Delaura, with whom she shares a doomed affair. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo.
language: English
title: Of Love & Other Demons
titlecomplete: Of Love & Other Demons
characters: don Toribio de Cáceres y Virtudes, Martina Laborde, Dulce Olivia, Sierva María, Bernarda Cabrera, Abrenuncio, Josefa Miranda, don Ignacio, Cayetano Delaura
genres: Classics, Magical Realism, Latin American Literature, Latin American, Novels, Spanish Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 72838
places: Colombia
publisher: Random House Value Publishing