Geographies of Home - Couverture rigide

Perez, Loida Maritza

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670868892 ISBN 13 : 9780670868896

Editeur : Viking, 1999

Synopsis

Iliana attends college away from her New York home to gain some independence from her religious parents, but family problems and her feelings of being caught between her Dominican heritage and her personal goals call her home.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

After leaving the college she'd attended to escape her religiously conservative parents, Iliana, a first-generation Dominican-American woman, returns home to Brooklyn to find that her family is falling apart: one sister is careening toward mental collapse, another sister is living in a decrepit building with her abusive husband and three children, and a third sister has simply disappeared. In this dislocating urban environment Iliana reluctantly confronts the anger and desperation that seem to seep through every crack of her family's small house, and experiences all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains that come from a life caught between two cultures. In this magnificent debut novel, filled with graceful prose and searing detail, Loida Maritza Pérez offers a penetrating portrait of the American immigrant experience as she explores the true meanings of identity, family--and home.

Biographie de l'auteur

Loida Maritza Perez was born in the Dominican Republic in 1963. She lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670868892
• ISBN 13: 9780670868896
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible