Libro : En El Nombre De Salome - Alvarez, Julia

-Titulo Original : En El Nombre De Salome (Spanish Edition)

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Vintage Espanol

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Review “An ambitious historical novel about a remarkable Caribbean family.”-The New York Times“Masterful, rich and rewarding historical fiction…. Poignant, colorful, exhilarating.”-The Denver Post“Dazzling…. For everyone who has ever loved and grieved over a parent, a child, a country.”-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Es el verano de 1960 y Camila Henriquez Urena, profesora de español jubilandose de la Universidad de Vassar, esta empacando sus ultimas pertenencias antes de mudarse de su apartamento en Poughkeepsie, Nueva York para unirse a la revolucion de Fidel Castro en Cuba. Camila es hija de Salome Urena, la famosa poetisa dominicana de finales del siglo diecinueve que instigaba revolucion con sus apasionados versos, se caso con un presidente y lucho por educar a las niñas de su querida isla. Para Camila su llamado a la revolucion es parte de su herencia. Pero Camila tambien ha heredado la confusion y el dolor del exilio y tiene solo dos baules llenos de papeles y efectos personales para iluminar el corazon y la vida de una madre que nunca llego a conocer de verdad - y asi tambien descubrir su propio ser naciente. From the Inside Flap oved author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies, an epic and intimate novel about two generations of women and the personal impact of history.It the summer of 1960, Camila Henriquez Urena is about to travel from Poughkeepsie to Cuba to join Fidel Castro s revolution. As the daughter of Solome Urena the 19th -century revolutionary Dominicana poet activism is part of Camila s inheritance. Yet she also knows the confusion of exile and a painful curiosity about the mother she never knew. Now, as she takes up her mother s legacy, she delves behind the public facts of her mother s life and pieces together the story of the private Solome and thus her own story. From the Back Cover From the beloved author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies, an epic and intimate novel about two generations of women and the personal impact of history. It the summer of 1960, Camila Henriquez Urena is about to travel from Poughkeepsie to Cuba to join Fidel Castros revolution. As the daughter of Solome Urena-the 19th -century revolutionary Dominicana poet-activism is part of Camilas inheritance. Yet she also knows the confusion of exile and a painful curiosity about the mother she never knew. Now, as she takes up her mothers legacy, she delves behind the public facts of her mothers life and pieces together the story of the private Solome-and thus her own story. About the Author Julia Álvarez is the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents,In the Time of Butterflies (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist), and ¡Yo!. She has also published a collection of poems and a collection of essays. Julia Álvarez lives in vermont and the Dominican Republic, where she runs an organic coffee farm with her husband. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. PrologoLa salida de PoughkeepsieJunio de 1960Se para junto a la puerta, una mujer alta, elegante, de piel ligeramente morena (¿una italiana sureña? ¿una judia mediterranea? ¿una mulata a quien han permitido pasar por blanca gracias a sus titulos?), y pasa revista a las habitaciones vacias que le han servido de hogar durante los ultimos dieciocho años.Ahora, en pleno junio, hace calor en el atico. Años atras, cuando la confirmaron como maestra permanente, la decana le ofrecio? un apartamento mas moderno, mas cercano a la universidad. Pero ella lo rechazo. Siempre le gustaron los Áticos, sus secretos, sus rincones y recovecos, donde aquellos que nunca se sienten comodos en casa pueden esconderse. Y este tiene una luz maravillosa. En las columnas de sol que entran por las ventanas flota un enjambre de particulas de polvo que tal pareciera que el aire estuviera vivo.Ya es hora de que haya sangre nueva