Scenes from la Cuenca de Los Angeles y otros natural disasters / Susana Chávez-Silverman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chávez-Silverman, Susana.

Series:

Writing in Latinidad.

Writing in Latinidad : autobiographical voices of U.S. Latinos/as

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chávez-Silverman, Susana.

Latin Americans--United States--Biography.

Latin Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 a linguistic 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."

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-55526-X

9786612555268

0-299-23523-8

OCLC:

615635637