Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican
Autor Jack Agüerosen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iul 2022
Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican, the only book of fiction by playwright and poet Jack Agüeros, affirms the triumphs and ordinary struggles of the Puerto Rican experience in New York. In stories that span the 1940s through the 1990s, Agüeros re-creates the barrio in all its multifaceted immensity, with its candy stores, plaster saints, fruit vendors, sidewalk games of dominoes, knife fights, and stories of successful craftspeople and entrepreneurs.
These stories convey hard, sometimes brutal, often bittersweet, experiences, but throughout Agüeros writes with artistry and unyielding compassion. Richly detailed, wry, and matter-of-fact, Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican is an important achievement by an accomplished American writer.
These stories convey hard, sometimes brutal, often bittersweet, experiences, but throughout Agüeros writes with artistry and unyielding compassion. Richly detailed, wry, and matter-of-fact, Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican is an important achievement by an accomplished American writer.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810145092
ISBN-10: 081014509X
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Curbstone Books 2
ISBN-10: 081014509X
Pagini: 152
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Curbstone Books 2
Notă biografică
JACK AGÜEROS (1934–2014) was an American poet, translator, and community activist. From 1977 to 1986 he was the director of El Museo del Barrio in New York City. He was the author of three poetry collections: Lord, Is This a Psalm?, Sonnets from the Puerto Rican, and Correspondence between the Stonehaulers. His translation of Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos was published by Curbstone Press. He received the Asan World Prize for Poetry in 2012.
Recenzii
"In this debut collection of eight stories, poet, playwright, and television writer Agüeros creates intimate portraits of New York City's Puerto Rican community, revealing the complexities of people whose indigenous culture often conflicts with their new urban life. Though his prose is spare, the tales brim with telling details that define the time and place with indelibly vivid images . . . Ultimately this book celebrates the nurturing spirit of the human heart." —Publishers Weekly
". . . report from the guts and heart of a submerged people, an addition to an outstanding . . . literary tradition: the boricua procession." —New York Newsday
". . . a clear and hopeful note in a city's chorus of harsh realities." —New York Daily News
"Throughout the collection, Agüeros evokes thoughtful, empathetic responses in the reader, and that is the best any writer can give you." —Hartford Courant
"A memorable portrait gallery of ordinary—though thoroughly individualized—Puerto Rican New Yorkers . . . For his point of departure, Agüeros often takes a character or situation so familiar as to border on stereotype, but in his hands, these small tales lead the reader to a deeper sense of recognition. Studies of character and community in the realist mode, told with quiet humor, without sensationalism or sentimentality." —Kirkus Reviews
"The view from the front stoop or the second floor window, real as rice and beans." —Martín Espada
"Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican touched me to the core, for it contains stories that I walked through as a child. Without a doubt, my hermano Jack adds to the beauty of our people in spite of harsh realities." —Piri Thomas
"To read Dominoes is to enter into the world of the Puerto Rican community . . . Thank you, Jack, for giving us another voice that celebrates our culture. Gracias." —Nicholasa Mohr
"A wonderful collection of stories—full of the particulars of a people's encounter with America, told with persuasive grace, charm, and honesty . . ." —Robert Coles
Descriere
Dominoes and Other Stories from the Puerto Rican, the only book of fiction by playwright and poet Jack Agüeros, affirms the triumphs and ordinary struggles of the Puerto Rican experience in New York.