When it was first published in 1985, "Face" met with critical acclaim and established Cecile Pineda among the very first Latina writers in the United States to be published by a major New York house. This new expanded edition, which marks the announcement of "Face "as a 2013 Neustadt Prize finalist, features a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee and a never-before-published interview with the author conducted by Dr. Francisco Lomeli. The novel--based on an actual event--tracks the fortunes of Helio Cara, a poor but brilliant Brazilian man. When he hears that his mother is...
When it was first published in 1985, "Face" met with critical acclaim and established Cecile Pineda among the very first Latina writers in the United ...