Description
A wealthy Puerto Rican woman, long stifled by expectation and routine, finally pursues her lifelong dream of becoming a novelist—only to find that her husband, Quintín, resists the upheaval her writing will bring. As she begins to craft her story, the novel unfolds through shifting voices that rewrite and contest family memories, turning private history into a living, contested text. Blending intimate domestic drama with lyrical, experimental storytelling, the book explores identity, authorship, and the power of narrative to reshape inheritance, gender roles, and belonging. With Rosario Ferré’s sharp psychological insight and richly atmospheric prose, this is a story about how families remember—and how they fight to control what those memories mean.
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paperback
Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Published Jan 1, 2014
411 pages
ISBN: 9781480481749
paperback
Unknown
Published Jan 1, 1995
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Details
First Published
1995
Language
eng
Translation
From: spa
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