| Playing with Light Contributor(s): Rivera, Beatriz (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558853103 ISBN-13: 9781558853102 Publisher: Arte Publico Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2000 Annotation: Fiction. Rebecca Barrios, a well-off Miami Beach housewife (and she hates that description, by the way), has decided to revive the old Cuban tradition of the tertulia, or women's get-together. In fact, the two worlds -- the real and the fictional, the American and the Cuban, the living present and the (supposedly) long-dead past -- have begun to relentlessly intertwine in unsettling ways. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00042005 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.55" W x 8.54" (0.68 lbs) 245 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Latino - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Locality - Miami, Florida - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiction. Rebecca Barrios, a well-off Miami Beach housewife (and she hates that description, by the way), has decided to revive the old Cuban tradition of the tertulia, or women's get-together. In fact, the two worlds -- the real and the fictional, the American and the Cuban, the living present and the (supposedly) long-dead past -- have begun to relentlessly intertwine in unsettling ways. Born in Havana, Beatriz Rivera came to Miami at the age of three, soon after Castro's rise to power in Cuba. Her books include AFRICAN PASSIONS AND OTHER STORIES and the novel MIDNIGHT SANDWICHES AT THE MARIPOSA EXPRESS, both of which are also available from SPD. |