Porque hay silencio / Alba Ambert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ambert, Alba N., 1946-

Standardized Title:

Perfect silence. Spanish

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mental illness--Fiction.

Mental illness.

Puerto Rican women--Fiction.

Puerto Rican women.

Poverty--Psychological aspects--Fiction.

Poverty.

Poverty--Psychological aspects.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

viii, 167 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 1998.

Summary:

In this exquisitely crafted novel, acclaimed author Alba Ambert ("The Eighth Continent") tells the story from birth to adulthood of Blanca, a woman who struggles to overcome the poverty and oppression of her Puerto Rican-South Bronx heritage. Blanca must pay a terrible emotional price to find her release from the past, "la puerta final, la que abriria todas las puertas" (the final door, the door that will open all doors).

ISBN:

1558852506

OCLC:

39275856