The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
By Emma Reyes.
Description
“Startling and astringently poetic.” —The New York TimesA literary discovery: an extraordinary account, in the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Angela’s Ashes, of a Colombian woman’s harrowing childhoodFinalist for the PEN Translation Prize This astonishing memoir was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nearly a decade after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel García Márquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, and translated and introduce...
ISBN(s)
0143108689, 9780143108689
