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008			101810s2001 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a00061407
020			_a9780060185671
050	0	0	_aPS3557.E725 _bK57 2001
082	0	0	_aFIC GER
100	1		_aGershten, Donna M. _d, 1953-
245	1	0	_aKissing the virgin's mouth _b: a novel _c/ Donna M. Gershten.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: HarperCollins _c, c2001.
300			_a228 p. _c; 22 cm.
520			_a"Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is the fictional memoir of Guadalupe Magdalena Molina V?squez -- wife, scoundrel, courtesan, and mother. In a world where gender and class roles are unbending, and religion predominant, Magda creates a philosophy of life that she can thrive in, a religion of cynical optimism, pragmatism, and determined gratitude. The invincible yet fallible Magda climbs from the poor barrio of a coastal Mexican town to American affluence, from wide-eyed childhood to worldly courtesan life, from full-blooded youth to oncoming blindness. Selected as the first winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, "Kissing the Virgin's Mouth is a beautifully written, lyrical first novel that offers a rare window into another culture. Its irresistible heroine takes the reader into her Mexican world and the experience is unforgettable. Barbara Kingsolver founded the Bellwether Prize in support of a literature of social change. In her words, Donna Gershten's novel has "the kind of political boldness and complexity we're hoping to promote with this prize. It sets a standard for what we're defining as a literature of social responsibility."
650		0	_aWomen _z--Mexico _v--Fiction
650		4	_aMothers and daughters _v--Fiction
650		0	_aPoor women _v--Fiction
651			_aMexico _v--Fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
942			_cMO
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