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A luminous first novel about the Latina immigrant experience, peopled with "characters whose humanity is so vivid and universal that one cannot help but be swept into their torment" (Miami Herald) After leaving the college she'd attended to escape her religiously conservative parents,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Papito: Add a description of this character.
- Marina
- Rebecca
- Iliana
- Gabriel
- Tico
- Beatriz
- Anabelle
- Ruben
- Caleb
- Laurie
- Pepe
- Maria
- Nereida
- Vicente
- Aurelia
- Zoraida
- Myra
- Samuel
- Benny
- Marla
- Rosita
- Pasion
- Soledad
- Mami
- Mama
- Trujillo
- Bienvenida
- Rivera
- Dr. Rosenberg
- Mann
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First Sentence edit
The ghostly trace of "nigger" on a message board hanging from Iliana's door failed to assault her as it had the first time she returned to her dorm room to find it.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Loida Maritza Pérez (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0670868892
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1999
ISBN: 0670868892
Page Count: 288
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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