Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2000. CH4 - A first edition first printing hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has a remainder mark on the bottom page edges, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloraiton and shelf wear. A novel that tells the story of a mother and daughter. One is a poet and the other is a teacher and it is about how they confronted the machismo on two Caribbean revolutions. It is set both in the politically chaotic Dominican Republic of the late 19th century, on the campuses of three American universities, and in the idealistic Communist Cuba of the 1960s. 8.5"x5.75", 357 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder.

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"The story of my life starts with the story of my country... ." Thus begins Julia Alvarez's epic fictional account of the real-life Salomé Ureña-the "Emily Dickinson of the Dominican Republic." Born in the 1850s, in a time of intense political repression and turmoil, Salomé's fervent patriotic poems turned her-at seventeen-into a national icon. In the Name of Salomé is equally the story of Salomé's daughter, Camila, who grows up in exile, in the shadow of her mother's legend. Shy and self-effacing, Camila's life is in stark contrast to Salomé's. While her mother dedicated her brief life to educating Dominican girls to serve their struggling new nation, Camila spent her career explaining the Spanish pluperfect to upper-class American girls. But when, at age sixty-six, Camila makes a decision to leave her comfortable life behind and join Castro's revolution in Cuba, she begins a journey to make peace with her past-and bring the lives of two remarkable women full circle. Spanning more than a century, In the Name of Salomé proves Alvarez equally adept at capturing the sweep of history and the most intimate details of women's lives and hearts. It is Alvarez's richest and most inspiring novel to date.

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SCW05738
Title: In the Name of Salome
Author: Julia Alvarez
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1565122763
ISBN 13: 9781565122765
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Place of Publication: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date Published: 2000
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: LITERATURE LITERARY FICTION WOMAN LATIN AMERICAN AUTHORS

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