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This multi-generational family saga weaves the story of Rosa Gerach, a woman looking back at her life on the day of her ninety-fifth birthday. As she reminisces over the near century of her existence, her strong and willful voice weaves a compelling and dramatic tale that takes us from Valencia, Spain in 1900, to Cuba in the throes of revolution, then on to the United States and the fulfilled promise of freedom and opportunity. Women DonÍt Need to Write paints a powerful panorama of a womanÍs troubled, but ultimately successful, voyage beyond mere survival to empowerment and even a measure of prosperity. This universal story of love and family preservation will exert its spell upon a wide audience.
Offers insights on Latino Caribbean writers born or raised in the United States who are at the vanguard of a literary movement that has captured both critical and popular interest. In this groundbreaking study, William Luis analyzes the most salient and representative narrative and poetic works of the newest literary movement to emerge in Spanish American and U.S. literatures. The book is divided into three sections, each focused on representative Puerto Rican American, Cuban American, and Dominican American authors. Luis traces the writers' origins and influences from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing especially on the contemporary works of Oscar Hijuelos, Julia Alvarez, Crist...
Presents a reference on Hispanic American literature providing profiles of Hispanic American writers and their works.
Combining pieces of nonfiction, fiction, and parody, this collection of writing reflects contemporary women's lives as they struggle with coming of age, relationships, and parenthood.
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This groundbreaking collection offers an understanding of why Cuban-American literature and visual art have emerged in the United States and how they are so essentially linked to both Cuban and American cultures. The contributors explore crucial issues pertinent not only to Cuban-American cultural production but also to other immigrant groups—hybrid identities, biculturation, bilingualism, immigration, adaptation, and exile. The complex ways in which Cuban Americans have been able to keep a living memory of Cuba while developing and thriving in America are both intriguing and instructive. These essays, written from a variety of perspectives, range from useful overviews of fictional and visual works of art to close readings of individual texts.
-- An anthology of the writings of 33 of the most important Cuban men and women of letters, such as Felix Varela, Jose Marti, Juana Borrero, Jose Yglesias, and Ricardo Pau-Llosa -- An enlightening and comprehensive introduction examines the historical importance of the Cuban contribution to Florida's heritage -- The works are presented in English, most translated here for the first time