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Something to Declare: Essays
Julia Alvarez
Something to Declare: Essays
Julia Alvarez
Publisher Marketing: "Julia Alvarez has suitcases full of history (public and private), trunks full of insights into what it means to be a Latina in the United States, bags full of literary wisdom." --"Los Angeles Times" From the internationally acclaimed author of the bestselling novels "In the Time of the Butterflies" and "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents "comes a rich and revealing work of nonfiction capturing the life and mind of an artist as she knits together the dual themes of coming to America and becoming a writer. The twenty-four confessional, evocative essays that make up "Something to Declare" are divided into two parts. "Customs" includes Alvarez's memories of her family's life in the Dominican Republic, fleeing from Trujillo's dictatorship, and arriving in America when she was ten years old. She examines the effects of exile--surviving the shock of New York City life; yearning to fit in; training her tongue (and her mind) to speak English; and watching the Miss America pageant for clues about American-style beauty. The second half, "Declarations," celebrates her passion for words and the writing life. She lets us watch as she struggles with her art--searching for a subject for her next novel, confronting her characters, facing her family's anger when she invades their privacy, reflecting on the writers who influenced her, and continually honing her craft. The winner of the National Medal of Arts for her extraordinary storytelling, Julia Alvarez here offers essays that are an inspiring gift to readers and writers everywhere."This beautiful collection of essays . . . traces a process of personal reconciliation with insight, humor, and quiet power." --"San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle" "Reading Julia Alvarez's new collection of essays is like curling up with a glass of wine in one hand and the phone in the other, listening to a bighearted, wisecracking friend share the hard-earned wisdom about family, identity, and the art of writing." --"People" Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 09/03/1999 pg. 63 (EAN 9780452280670, Paperback) Kirkus Reviews 06/15/1998 pg. 858 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 07/13/1998 pg. 67 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Library Journal 08/01/1998 pg. 88 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Booklist 08/01/1998 pg. 1952 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) New York Times 09/20/1998 pg. 25 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) School Library Journal 04/01/1999 pg. 162 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/1999 pg. 121 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Wilson Public Library Catalog 01/01/2004 pg. 626 (EAN 9781565121935, Hardcover) Contributor Bio: Alvarez, Julia Julia Alvarez
Media | Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem) |
Wydane | 28 października 2014 |
ISBN13 | 9781616205584 |
Wydawcy | Workman Publishing |
Genre | Sex & Gender > Feminine |
Strony | 320 |
Wymiary | 209 × 140 × 30 mm · 410 g |
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