Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood

ISBN-13: 9781569473474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 158 str.

Maryse Condi; Maryse Conde; Maryse Condc)

Opis

"Honest, exquisitely measured . . . inspiring in its reminder of the human spirit's capacity to endure."--The New York Times Book Review

" An] astute study of family and place."--Washington Post Book World

In this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Conde vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering her parents' feelings of alienation; her first crush; a falling out with her best friend; the death of her beloved grandmother; her first encounter with racism.

These gemlike vignettes capture the spirit of Conde's fiction: haunting, powerful, poignant, and leavened with a streak of humor.

Maryse Conde's previous work includes the novels Windward Heights and Desirada, both available from Soho Press.