Days of Awe
A Novel
$36.92
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
15 July 2002
Summary
“RICH AND SONOROUS PROSE … There’s plenty of reason to hope for the future of a fiction that welcomes writers with such a passionate sense of the past.” - San Jose Mercury News
On New Year’s Day, 1959, Alejandra San Jose was born in Havana, entering the world through the heart of revolution. Fearing the turmoil brewing in Cuba, her parents took Ale and fled to the shores of North America-ending up in Chicago amid a close community of Cuban refugees.
As an adult, Ale b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345441546 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0345441540 |
| Author: | Achy Obejas |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 15 July 2002 |
| Weight: | 359g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 142mm x 20mm |
| Series: | Ballantine Reader's Circle (Paperback) |
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Critics Review
“A NOVEL THAT MANAGES TO BE BOTH SHARP-WITTED
AND ELEGIAC, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND
FULL OF SURPRISES THROUGHOUT.”
–JOAN SILBER
Author of In My Other Life
“Obejas relates the compelling and disquieting history of Judaism and anti-Semitism in Cuba amidst evocative musings on exile, oppression, inheritance, the unexpected consequences of actions both weak and heroic, and the unruliness of desire and love.”
–Booklist (starred review)
“Achy Obejas trains her poet’s eye and her journalist’s zeal on the ambiguities of exile, the disappointments of passionate love, and the fascinating 500-year story of Cuba’s hidden Jews. We won’t get anything as pat as a happy ending for our heroine, Alejandra, born with the Revolution, but the reader is guaranteed a magnificent journey.”
–RAY SUAREZ
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Author of The Old Neighborhood
About The Author
Achy Obejas
Like her heroine, Achy Obejas was born in Havana and came to the United States as a young child. She is a cultural writer for the Chicago Tribune. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, The Nation, Ms. Latina, the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Reader, Girlfriend, High Performance, New City, and Chicago Reporter. She is the author of Memory Mambo, a novel, and We Came All the Way from Cuba So You could Dress Like This?, a collection of short stories. She is a frequent speaker at universities and community centers across the country and in Cuba.
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