Exquisite word portraits of women by one of the past century's greatest
women writers.
These recados--brief, descriptive essays--paint vivid pictures of some
of the most extraordinary women of Mistral's generation--and give us
insights into Mistral herself. In these pieces, Mistral infuses the
traditionally objective essay form with the intimate and subjective,
thereby creating an alternate space for women intellectuals in the
public sphere. Her subjects range from her own beloved mother to
well-known writers such as Victoria Ocampo and Emily Brontë, artists
such as Chilean sculptor Laura Rodig and dancer Isadora Duncan, and to
topics including feminism, women and politics, and women and education.
Gabriela Mistral (1889--1957) is the only woman from Latin America
to win the Nobel Prize. A native of Chile, she spent the final years of
her life in the United States.