An edition of In the name of Salomé: a novel (2000)

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An edition of In the name of Salomé: a novel (2000)

En el nombre de Salomé

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"This novel tells the story of two women - mother and daughter, one a poet, the other a teacher - and how they confronted the machismo in two Caribbean revolutions. Set in the politically chaotic Dominican Republic of the late nineteenth century, on the campuses of three American universities, and in the idealistic Communist Cuba of the 1960s, this story is based on the real lives of a volatile, opinionated, romantic, intrigue-loving family.".

"Salome Urena's fervent patriotic poems turned her - at seventeen - into the Dominican Republic's national icon. In stark contrast, her daughter, Camila, shy and self-effacing, bent to accommodate the demands of her father and brothers (a president, an ambassador, an international literary star) - trying to hide her preference for women, to stay out of the spotlight, and to offend no one.

Whereas her mother dedicated her brief life to educating Dominican girls to serve their turbulent new nation, Camila spent her career anonymously explaining the Spanish pluperfect to upper-class American girls.".

"We meet Camila in 1960 when she is sixty-five years old and about to retire from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. This is Camila's last chance to choose a final destiny for herself. In the process of deciding, Camila uncovers first the reality of her mother's tragic personal life and, finally, where she must place her own kind of passion and commitment.".

"Latina poet and university professor Alvarez brings many common bonds to this novel based on "la musa de la patria," Salome Urena, and her daughter, Profesora Camila Henriquez-Urena. Not the least of these is an undaunted female stance from inside a powerful Caribbean family."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Language
Spanish
Pages
592

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Cover of: En el nombre de Salomé
En el nombre de Salomé
2002, Thorndike Press
in Spanish
Cover of: En el nombre de Salomé
En el nombre de Salomé
2002, Vintage Espanol
in English - 1. ed. en español de Vintage.
Cover of: In the name of Salomé
In the name of Salomé: a novel
2000, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
in English - 1st ed.

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Edition Notes

Published in
Waterville, Me
Series
Thorndike Press large print Spanish series
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3551.L845 I4518 2002

The Physical Object

Pagination
592 p. (large print) ;
Number of pages
592

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3558857M
Internet Archive
enelnombredesalo0000alva
ISBN 10
0786243813
LCCN
2002020263
Goodreads
1820173

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