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Scenes from La Cuenca de Los Angeles Y Otros Natural Disasters

Scenes from La Cuenca de Los Angeles Y Otros Natural Disasters

Chavez-Silverman, Susana

Paperback

Series: Writing in Latinidad: Autobiographical Voices of U.S. Latino

Biographies GeneralLatino StudiesGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0299235246
ISBN13: 9780299235246
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: Apr 27 2010
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.12 Depth: 8.98
Language: English
This is a rarity in contemporary writing, a truly bilingual enterprise, as in Susana Chavez-Silverman's previous memoir, Killer Cronicas. Chavez-Silverman switches between English and Spanish, creating alinguistic mestizaje that is still a surprise encounter in the world of letters today, and the author forms one of a small but growing band of writers to embrace bilingualism as a literary force. Also like Killer Cronicas, each chapter in Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles is a cronica, a vignette that began as intimate diary entries and e-mails and letters to lovers, friends, and ghosts from the past. These episodic chapters follow the Chavez-Silverman's personal history, from California to South Africa and Australia and back, from unfathomable loss to deeply felt joy. Readers drawn into this witty book will confront their own conceptions of boundaries, borders, languages, memories, and spaces. Honorable Mention, Best Biography in Spanish or Bilingual, International Latino Book Awards

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