The Eighth Continent And Other Stories

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The Eighth Continent and Other Stories

The Eighth Continent and Other Stories
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Publisher : Arte Publico Press
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 1611921287
ISBN-13 : 9781611921281
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Book Synopsis The Eighth Continent and Other Stories by : Alba N. Ambert

Download or read book The Eighth Continent and Other Stories written by Alba N. Ambert and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1997-06-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This powerful and enriching collection of nine stories explores and illuminates the fusion of intimate and public dramas. Focusing on the persistence of personal memory amid political and historical upheaval, the tales in The Eighth Continent portray the impact of broad political and historical events on individual lives, success in the face of low expectations and the humor that redeems everyday struggles. In rich evocative language, award winning author Alba Ambert invokes strong characters and demonstrates the cool detachment of modern life. Populating the stories are engrossing individuals: underground revolutionaries faced with fear of betrayal; a woman who looks back at a massacre she witnessed as a child and the wrenching consequences of this event on her life; a linguist who makes a dangerous trip to a tropical island and finds a language on the verge of extinction; and a young woman in a mental hospital who challenges our perception of truth and lies, sanity and insanity.


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