Silent dancing
a partial remembrance of a Puerto Rican childhood
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Author
Publication
1990 - Arte Público Press, Houston, Tex, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
39,500 words, Guess
Page Count
158 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2227194M
- ISBN-101558850155
- OCLC Control Number20826634
- OCLC Control Numbersilentdancingpar00orti
- Library of Congress Control Number89077428
and 2 more
- Goodreads480760
- LibraryThing172289
Classifications
- DDC818/.5403
- LCCPS3565.R7737 Z477 1990
- DDCB
Description
A collection of writings by the poet, novelist, and essayist recalling her childhood spent shuttling between the land of her birth and the family's home in New Jersey. Ortiz Cofer recalls her childhood spent travelling between the heat of Puerto Rico and the cold of New Jersey with a personal and convincing voice. Themes of adapting to the big city, New York, feminine roles, culture shock, and immigration tinge this moving collection of stories. The narrative is also enriched by poems.
Description
A collection of writings by the poet, novelist, and essayist recalling her childhood spent shuttling between the land of her birth and the family home in New Jersey.
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