Dominicana
Autor Angie Cruzen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 sep 2019
"Gorgeous writing, gorgeous story." --Sandra Cisneros
Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, O Magazine, Time, Real Simple, Nylon, Instyle, BuzzFeed, Lit Hub, The Millions, Bustle
Fifteen-year-old Ana Cancion never dreamed of moving to America, the way the girls she grew up with in the Dominican countryside did. But when Juan Ruiz proposes and promises to take her to New York City, she has to say yes. It doesn't matter that he is twice her age, that there is no love between them. Their marriage is an opportunity for her entire close-knit family to eventually immigrate. So on New Year's Day, 1965, Ana leaves behind everything she knows and becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a cold six-floor walk-up in Washington Heights. Lonely and miserable, Ana hatches a reckless plan to escape. But at the bus terminal, she is stopped by Cesar, Juan's free-spirited younger brother, who convinces her to stay.
As the Dominican Republic slides into political turmoil, Juan returns to protect his family's assets, leaving Cesar to take care of Ana. Suddenly, Ana is free to take English lessons at a local church, lie on the beach at Coney Island, see a movie at Radio City Music Hall, go dancing with Cesar, and imagine the possibility of a different kind of life in America. When Juan returns, Ana must decide once again between her heart and her duty to her family.
In bright, musical prose that reflects the energy of New York City, Angie Cruz's Dominicana is a vital portrait of the immigrant experience and the timeless coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250205933
ISBN-10: 125020593X
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 167 x 242 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Flatiron Books
ISBN-10: 125020593X
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 167 x 242 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: Flatiron Books
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Notă biografică
Angie Cruz is the author of the novels How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, Soledad, Let It Rain Coffee, and Dominicana, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize and a Good Morning America Book Club pick. She is founder and editor in chief of Aster(ix), a literary and arts journal, and is an associate professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.
Recenzii
A story for now, an important story . . . told with incredible freshness
Engrossing . . . the story itself and Ana, the protagonist are terrifically interesting. Loved this
Through a novel with so much depth, beauty, and grace, we, like Ana, are forever changed
The harsh reality of immigration is balanced with a refreshing dose of humour
This compassionate and ingenious novel has an endearing vibrancy in the storytelling that, page after page, makes it addictive reading
A . . . portrait of what it means to be doubly disenfranchised as a female illegal immigrant in an oppressively patriarchal community, but Angie Cruz gives her heroine a glimpse of a different life
Poignant . . . In nimble prose, Cruz animates the simultaneous reluctance and vivacity that define her main character as she attempts to balance filial duty with personal fulfilment, and contends with leaving one home to build another that is both for herself and for her family
An intimate portrait of the transactional nature of marriage and the economics of both womanhood and citizenship
Cruz (who drew the story from her mother's experience) keeps the tone light, even comic, while expertly generating tension from the plot's mounting tally of secrets and lies
Sensational . . . At once tender, musical, and electric, this novel meditates on how immigrations shapes lives, from both without and within
In Cruz's rendering, the inevitability of hardship and the excitement of new possibilities makes for an affectingly complex journey into adulthood. Expect this to mark the author's breakout
Cruz tells the story with a raucous sense of humour and writes in short, present-tense chapters that help make this a propulsive though heartbreaking read
This stunner of a novel thrums with vitality, a singular addition to the canon of immigration narratives, and introduces readers to the wonderfully complex and resilient Ana
Eminently readable and offers an affecting exploration into the trade-off between autonomy and obligation
An insightful and vibrant examination of what it means to be an immigrant . . . short present-tense chapters have the effect of forcing one to sit up and take notice that something real is happening here
Cruz uses beautiful, simple language, a dreamy brush, filling her novel with a sense of awe that perfectly complements her narrator
Engrossing . . . the story itself and Ana, the protagonist are terrifically interesting. Loved this
Through a novel with so much depth, beauty, and grace, we, like Ana, are forever changed
The harsh reality of immigration is balanced with a refreshing dose of humour
This compassionate and ingenious novel has an endearing vibrancy in the storytelling that, page after page, makes it addictive reading
A . . . portrait of what it means to be doubly disenfranchised as a female illegal immigrant in an oppressively patriarchal community, but Angie Cruz gives her heroine a glimpse of a different life
Poignant . . . In nimble prose, Cruz animates the simultaneous reluctance and vivacity that define her main character as she attempts to balance filial duty with personal fulfilment, and contends with leaving one home to build another that is both for herself and for her family
An intimate portrait of the transactional nature of marriage and the economics of both womanhood and citizenship
Cruz (who drew the story from her mother's experience) keeps the tone light, even comic, while expertly generating tension from the plot's mounting tally of secrets and lies
Sensational . . . At once tender, musical, and electric, this novel meditates on how immigrations shapes lives, from both without and within
In Cruz's rendering, the inevitability of hardship and the excitement of new possibilities makes for an affectingly complex journey into adulthood. Expect this to mark the author's breakout
Cruz tells the story with a raucous sense of humour and writes in short, present-tense chapters that help make this a propulsive though heartbreaking read
This stunner of a novel thrums with vitality, a singular addition to the canon of immigration narratives, and introduces readers to the wonderfully complex and resilient Ana
Eminently readable and offers an affecting exploration into the trade-off between autonomy and obligation
An insightful and vibrant examination of what it means to be an immigrant . . . short present-tense chapters have the effect of forcing one to sit up and take notice that something real is happening here
Cruz uses beautiful, simple language, a dreamy brush, filling her novel with a sense of awe that perfectly complements her narrator