Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of 'Conquistadora'
Clip: 8/12/2011 | 7m 28s
Jeffrey Brown talks to Esmeralda Santiago, author of "Conquistadora."
Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora", tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico itself.
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Conversation: Esmeralda Santiago, Author of 'Conquistadora'
Clip: 8/12/2011 | 7m 28s
Set in the 1800's, Esmeralda Santiago's epic novel, "Conquistadora", tells two coming-of-age stories: one of its heroine, Ana Cubillas, the daughter of Spanish aristocrats who becomes head of a plantation in the new world, and the other of Puerto Rico itself.
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