Julia Alvarez

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Something to Declare: EssaysPaperback, 28 October 2014

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Reading Age
Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Date Published
28 Oct 2014
ISBN-10
161620558X
ISBN-13
9781616205584

Description

"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 García 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

Julia Alvarez's new novel, Afterlife, is available now.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Author:
Julia Alvarez
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
28 October 2014
Dimensions:
20.57 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
Genre:
Feminine
ISBN-10:
161620558X
ISBN-13:
9781616205584
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Weight:
362.87 gm

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