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Homecoming : poems / by Julia Alvarez

By:

Alvarez, Julia

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Grove Press poetry seriesPublication details: New York : Grove Press , 1984.Description: 93 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0394620526

Subject(s):

Poetry, American

DDC classification:

811 ALV

LOC classification:

PS3551.L845 H6 1984

Summary: Born in New York City, Julia Alvarez spent her early childhood in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez is best known for her acclaimed novels How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies. This vivid and engaging collection proves her to be a talented poet as well. The best poems in the book are found in the series entitled "Housekeeping," where the daily activities of cleaning, washing, and ironing are transformed into metaphors for the female experience: domesticity as both nourishing and stifling. There is also an engaging series of 46 sonnets, an autobiography in verse that wryly explores the ups and downs in family, relationships, and writing.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	811 ALV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		006849

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Born in New York City, Julia Alvarez spent her early childhood in the Dominican Republic. Alvarez is best known for her acclaimed novels How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of Butterflies. This vivid and engaging collection proves her to be a talented poet as well. The best poems in the book are found in the series entitled "Housekeeping," where the daily activities of cleaning, washing, and ironing are transformed into metaphors for the female experience: domesticity as both nourishing and stifling. There is also an engaging series of 46 sonnets, an autobiography in verse that wryly explores the ups and downs in family, relationships, and writing.

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