| Servant's Tale Contributor(s): Fox, Paula (Author), Rehak, Melanie (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0393322858 ISBN-13: 9780393322859 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: Torn from her tropical homeland, a woman takes a job as a servant in the barrio and, paradoxically, grows more independent. This is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness underneath. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002278845 |
| Series: Norton Paperback Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.58" W x 8.36" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Luisa de la Cueva was born on the Caribbean island of Malagita, of a plantation owner's son and a native woman, a servant in the kitchen. Her years on Malagita were sweet with the beauty of bamboo, banana, and mango trees with flocks of silver-feathered guinea hens underneath, the magic of a victrola, and the caramel flan that Mama sneaked home from the plantation kitchen. Luisa's father, fearing revolution, takes his family to New York. In the barrio his once-powerful name means nothing, and the family establishes itself in a basement tenement. For Luisa, Malagita becomes a dream. Luisa does not dream of going to college, as her friend Ellen does, or of winning the lottery, as her father does. She takes a job as a servant and, paradoxically, grows more independent. She marries and later raises a son alone. She works as a servant all her life. A Servant's Tale is the story of a life that is simple on the surface but full of depth and richness as we come to know it, a story told with consummate grace and compassion by Paula Fox. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fox, Paula: - Paula Fox (1923--2017) was the author of Desperate Characters, The Widow's Children, A Servant's Tale, The God of Nightmares, Poor George, The Western Coast, and Borrowed Finery: A Memoir, among other books. |