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Book Title
Something to Declaré : Essays
Publication Name
Something to Declare
Title
Something to Declare
Subtitle
Essays
Author
Julia Alvarez
Format
Trade Paperback
ISBN-10
161620558X
EAN
9781616205584
ISBN
9781616205584
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Topic
Women, Women Authors, Literary, Essays
Release Date
28/10/2014
Release Year
2014
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.8in
Item Length
8.2in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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"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 Garc a 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

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Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
ISBN-10
161620558x
ISBN-13
9781616205584
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Book Title
Something to Declaré : Essays
Author
Julia Alvarez
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Women, Women Authors, Literary, Essays
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.7in
Item Weight
9.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Dewey Decimal
814/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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