This wide-ranging overview of the turbulent and little-known history of the diverse Latino experience in America is based on hundreds of interviews and research about the fastest-growing minority in America.
Marie Arana Bücher
Diese Autorin erforscht die Komplexität der menschlichen Erfahrung durch einen fesselnden Stil und tiefgründige Einblicke. Ihre Werke befassen sich oft mit Themen wie Identität, Erinnerung und kultureller Überschneidung, wobei ihre einzigartige Stimme unter den zeitgenössischen Schriftstellern hervorsticht. Durch sorgfältig ausgearbeitete Prosa und fesselnde Erzählungen bietet sie den Lesern eine unvergessliche literarische Reise.
An authoritative portrait of the Latin-American warrior-statesman draws on a wealth of primary documents to set his life against a backdrop of the explosive tensions of 19th-century South America, providing coverage of such topics as his role in the 1813 campaign for Colombian and Venezuelan independence, his legendary love affairs and his achievements as a strategist, abolitionist and diplomat.
Silver, sword and stone : the story of Latin America in three extraordinary lives
- 784 Seiten
- 28 Lesestunden
A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.
Silver, Sword and Stone
- 496 Seiten
- 18 Lesestunden
A thousand years of Latin American history, told through the three obsessions that have held the region tightly in its grip.
Featuring a gathering of more than fifty of contemporary literature's finest voices, this volume will enchant, move, and inspire readers with its tales of The Writing Life . In it, authors divulge professional how they first discovered they were writers, how they work, how they deal with the myriad frustrations and delights a writer's life affords. Culled from ten years of the distinguished Washington Post column of the same name, The Writing Life highlights an eclectic group of luminaries who have wildly varied stories to tell, but who share this singularly beguiling career. Here are their pleasures as well as their peeves; revelations of their deepest fears; dramas of triumphs and failures; insights into the demands and rewards.Each piece is accompanied by a brief and vivid biography of the writer by Washington Post Book World editor Marie Arana who also provides an introduction to the collection. The result is a rare view from the a close examination of writers' concerns about the creative process and the place of literature in America. For anyone interested in the making of fiction and nonfiction, here is a fascinating vantage on the writer's world -- an indispensable guide to the craft.
