Leaving Tabasco - Brossura

Boullosa, Carmen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0802138608 ISBN 13: 9780802138606

Casa editrice: Grove Pr, 2002

Riassunto

Presents the magical coming-of-age story of Delmira, whose Mexican village is home to visions of her grandmother floating above her bed, stones turning into water, and her elderly serving woman's stigmata, but as Delmira reaches adulthood she makes a choice that forces her to leave home forever. Reprint.

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Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's most acclaimed young writers, and Leaving Tabasco tells of the coming-of-age of Delmira Ulloa, raised in an all-female home in Agustini, in the Mexican province of Tabasco. The Washington Post Book World wrote, "We happily share with [Delmira] ... her life, including the infinitely charming town she inhabits [and] her grandmother's fantastic imagination." In Agustini it is not unusual to see your grandmother float above the bed when she sleeps, or to purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair, or to watch your family's elderly serving woman develop stigmata, then disappear completely, to be canonized as a local saint. As Delmira becomes a woman she will search for her missing father, and will make a choice that will force her to leave home forever. Brimming with the spirit of its irrepressible heroine, Leaving Tabasco is a story of great charm and depth that will remain in its readers' hearts for a long time. "Carmen Boullosa ... immerses us once again in her wickedly funny and imaginative world." -- Dolores Prida, Latina "To flee Agustini is to leave not just a town but the viscerally primal dreamscape it represents." -- Sandra Tsing Loh, The New York Times Book Review "A vibrant coming-of-age tale ... Boullosa [is] a master.... Each chapter is an adventure." -- Monica L. Williams, The Boston Globe

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• Editore: Grove Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0802138608
• ISBN 13: 9780802138606
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256