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The Stories of Devil-Girl
ISBN-13: 9781932690620 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 128 str.
"Achtenberg is a cutting-edge voice in the literature of the postglobalization age, an era in which we are uprooted geographically and spiritually, and redefining what it means to be home. What a superbly written book."--Demetria Martinez, author of "Mother Tongue."
Devil-Girl is a storyteller smaller than a stain and larger than life, a mythic figure roaming the globe. Born into Brooklyn housing projects and the nightmares of her immigrant family, she becomes a runaway in the human marketplace of the streets of New York. Accompanied by her sense of outrage and sense of humor, ghosts of the ancestors and her prophetic vision, she moves from silence through rage into deep alliance with the marginalized.
"Poignant and fierce, this book is moving,beautifully written, and urgently relevant."
"Devil-Girls stories are all of our stories, all ofthe discarded and demonized, all of us whohave had to fight to survive, to fight to tell ourtruths. Achtenbergs wise survivor, Devil-Girl,is witness and seer, and her words are sustenance.There is much pain in this book, muchwisdom, and a kind of beauty that sears itselfinto memory, a fierce beauty that is as necessaryas air. Read this book."
-Lisa D. Chave, Author of Destruction Bay; In An Angry Season
"Achtenberg is a cutting-edge voice in the literature of the postglobalizationage, an era in which we are uprooted geographicallyand spiritually, and redefining what it means to be home.What a superbly written book! Read it and be changed."
-Demetria Martinez, Author of Mother Tongue
"Stunning and original! Powerful make it new language thatcreates-through the runaway energy and precise detail of thestorytelling voice-a disturbing world in all its particularities,only to transcend it by grappling with whats at stake in thelarger world."
-Stratis Haviaras, Founder and former editor of Harvard Review
"An amazing piece of bravura writing! Devil-Girl takes us fromdestitution to seedy glamour as a homeless vulnerable youngwoman tries to survive the savagery of the streets. Poignant andfierce, this book is moving, beautifully written, and urgently relevant."
-Kathleen Spivack, Author, Director: Advanced Writing Workshop
Book #1 in the Reflections of America Series
Learn about the author at www.AnyaAchtenberg.com
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an imprint of Loving Healing Press
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