Las Historias Prohibidas de Marta Veneranda
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- Paperback
184 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
The Forbidden Stories is the author’s inspired response to a statement made by a Cuban politician regarding the conflicted attitude towards homosexuality in Cuba. Rivera-Valdes creates the character of Marta Veneranda, a graduate student working on a thesis which aims to graph clinically the discrepancy between an individual’s sense of shame and society’s attitude toward the incidents that inspire self-censorship in a person. But the orderly study becomes unruly as the subjects interviewed re…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583220535 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583220534 |
| Author: | Sonia Rivera-Valdes |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Siete Cuentos Editorial |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 13mm |
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“These stories represent deal with sexuality or gender issues, and most are narrated by female characters. While Hispanic and immigrant issues also surface throughout, this will appeal to those interested in women’s sexuality and gender relations.” –Publishers Weekly“The mad, the curious, the inexplicable in human behavior—that which is not sanctioned by society—are the pivotal points in Sonia Rivera-Valdes’s narratives. Her characters live fully, without missteps, precisely because the author has turned the tables on propriety.” –Karla Quionez, In These Times
About The Author
Sonia Rivera-Valdes
escritora, cr tica literaria y profesora de Literatura y Estudios Puertorrique os en York College, City University of New York, naci , creci en Cuba y contin a siendo cubana. Vivi en Puerto Rico por once a os y ha residido en Nueva York durante los ltimos treinta y cuatro. En 1997 gan el prestigioso premio de Casa de Las Am ricas con Las historias prohibidas de Marta Veneranda, un libro de narrativa sobre la vida ntima de los inmigrantes latinos en Nueva York. El libro ha sido publicado en Cuba, Argentina, Espa a, Turqu a y los Estados Unidos. En el verano de 2010, se public en Espa a la tradu
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