Miss Giardino
Autor Dorothy Bryant Cuvânt după de Janet Zandyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 1997
Recovering in the hospital after a mysterious accident, retired San Francisco teacher Anna Giardino retraces the events of her life. As she recovers tender but painful memories of her working-class Italian American childhood, her years teaching and eventual disillusionment, she arrives at a new affirmation of her work and life. May Sarton calls the novel a "divining rod into the springs of education....We find ourselves confronted with the grandeur and despair of what it is to be a teacher."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781558611740
ISBN-10: 1558611746
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Feminist Press.
Editura: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Colecția The Feminist Press at CUNY
ISBN-10: 1558611746
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:Feminist Press.
Editura: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Colecția The Feminist Press at CUNY
Recenzii
"A very well-written novel of sensibility that squarely confronts the question of individual and societal values in a fast-changing world. A fine book." —Library Journal
"Identifying with Miss Giardino, as all readers are bound to do, we find ourselves confronted with the grandeur and despair of what it is to be a teacher. The novel is a divining rod into the springs of education." —May Sarton
"Bryant's prose is clear, direct, and deceptively easy, rich with suggestion and suspense. How Miss Giardino solves the mystery makes for a most satisfying book." —San Francisco Examiner
"Identifying with Miss Giardino, as all readers are bound to do, we find ourselves confronted with the grandeur and despair of what it is to be a teacher. The novel is a divining rod into the springs of education." —May Sarton
"Bryant's prose is clear, direct, and deceptively easy, rich with suggestion and suspense. How Miss Giardino solves the mystery makes for a most satisfying book." —San Francisco Examiner
Notă biografică
Dorothy Bryant is a native San Franciscan, the daughter of immigrants from northern Italy. She attended public schools in the Mission District, then San Francisco State University, completing a BA in music (1950) and an MA in creative writing (1964). From 1953 to 1976 she taught music and English in Bay Area high schools and colleges, spending the most time at Contra Costa College, after moving to Berkeley in 1964. She began writing fiction and articles in 1960.
Textul de pe ultima copertă
Miss Giardino is a rare testament to the inner life of a teacher, and to the possibility of growth and self-discovery at any age. As the novel begins, retired schoolteacher Anna Giardino is found unconscious in front of the high school where she once taught, in San Francisco's Mission District. She is unable to remember what has happened or who she is. Gradually, Anna begins to recover tender but painful memories of her Italian American, working-class childhood, of her escape through education, and of her years devoted to teaching. But Anna must acknowledge that she has arrived at the end of her career estranged - from herself, from her profession, and from the students she sought to enlighten. Only when she confronts the events surrounding her mysterious "accident" can Anna accept and affirm her life.
Descriere
A unique psychological portrait of an urban working-class teacher, and the dynamics of teaching itself.