
Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles y otros Natural Disasters |
Book Category:
Biography & Autobiography > General
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Author:
Chavez-Silverman, Susana
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ISBN 10:
978-0-299-23524-6
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ISBN 13:
0-299-23524-6
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Price:
USD 18.95
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Publication Year:
2010
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Publisher Info
University of Wisconsin Press. InquiryThis is a rarity in contemporary writing, a truly bilingual enterprise, as in Susana Chavez-Silverman's previous memoir, Killer Cronicas. Chavez-Silverman switches between English and Spanish, creating a linguistic mestizaje that is still a surprise encounter in the world of letters today, and the author forms one of a small but growing band of writers to embrace bilingualism as a literary force. Also like Killer Cronicas, each chapter in Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles is a "cronica," a vignette that began as intimate diary entries and e-mails and letters to lovers, friends, and ghosts from the past. These episodic chapters follow the Chavez-Silverman's personal history, from California to South Africa and Australia and back, from unfathomable loss to deeply felt joy. Readers drawn into this witty book will confront their own conceptions of boundaries, borders, languages, memories, and spaces.
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Book Review and Awards
Honorable Mention, Best Biography in Spanish or Bilingual, International Latino Book Awards