La fruta del borrachero
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Arreola, Guillermo, translator.
Published
Nueva York : Vintage Espanol, 2018.
ISBN
9780525564010, 0525564012
Status
Glenside Public Library District - Foreign Language
Spanish F Rojas Contreras, I.
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Spanish F Rojas Contreras, I.
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Published
Nueva York : Vintage Espanol, 2018.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
396 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Spanish
ISBN
9780525564010, 0525564012
Notes
General Note
Translation of: Fruit of the drunken tree.
Description
"When women of color write history, we see the world as we have never seen it before. In Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Ingrid Rojas Contreras honors the lives of girls who witness war. Brava! I was swept up by this story." --SANDRA CISNEROS, author of The House on Mango Street A mesmerizing debut set against the backdrop of the devastating violence of 1990's Colombia about a sheltered young girl and a teenage maid who strike an unlikely friendship that threatens to undo them both. Seven-year-old Chula and her older sister Cassandra enjoy carefree lives thanks to their gated community in Bogota, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside the neighborhood walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar continues to elude authorities and capture the attention of the nation. When their mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city's guerrilla-occupied slum, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona's mysterious ways. But Petrona's unusual behavior belies more than shyness. She is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls' families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy that will force them both to choose between sacrifice and betrayal. Inspired by the author's own life, and told through the alternating perspectives of the willful Chula and the achingly hopeful Petrona, Fruit of the Drunken Tree contrasts two very different, but inextricable coming-of-age stories. In lush prose, Rojas Contreras sheds light on the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation."
Language
Text in Spanish.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rojas Contreras, I., & Arreola, G. (2018). La fruta del borrachero (Primera edicion Vintage Espanol.). Vintage Espanol.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rojas Contreras, Ingrid and Guillermo, Arreola. 2018. La Fruta Del Borrachero. Vintage Espanol.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rojas Contreras, Ingrid and Guillermo, Arreola. La Fruta Del Borrachero Vintage Espanol, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rojas Contreras, Ingrid, and Guillermo Arreola. La Fruta Del Borrachero Primera edicion Vintage Espanol., Vintage Espanol, 2018.
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