Memories of Ana Calderon - Hardcover

Graciela Limon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155885116X ISBN 13: 9781558851160

Publisher: Arte Publico Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Now available for the first time on paperback, The Memories of Ana Calderón is the fictional memoir of a talented woman, born in tradition-bound rural Mexico, who comes to the United States and greater opportuninty only to find that here, too, society, family and religion seem to conspire to hold her back. In order to succed Ana must give up all that she holds dear. She must re-make herself into a rootless and obsessed individual. But even after accomplishing this, fate still conspires to wound her. Ana Calderón has will, guts and intelligence, but her battle against family, church, and the justice system shakes our belief in the ability to forge our own destinies.

The Memories of Ana Calderón is a second novel by the writer of who The New York Times Book Review hailed as one who "leaves the reader with that special hunger that can be created only by a newly discovered writer. Ms. Limón's prose is self-assured and engrossing."

About this title

From the Publisher:

A riveting novel about a woman's attempts to overcome social barriers to success and happiness.

About the Author:

GRACIELA LIMÓN is the critically-acclaimed and award-winning author of four novels: The Day of the Moon (1999), Song of a Hummingbird (1996), The Memories of Ana Calderón (1994), and In Search of Bernabé (1993). In Search of Bernabé, translated and published in Spanish as En busca de Bernabé in 1997, is the recipient of an American Book Award, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' Art Sydenburg First Novel Award and was named a "Notable Book of the Year" by The New York Times Book Review. Limón is Professor Emeritus at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where ahe served as a professor of Latina/o Literature and Chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arte Publico Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 155885116X
• ISBN 13: 9781558851160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200