Luisa in Realityland

by Claribel Alegría and La Pereza Ediciones

Book Overview

A collection of poetry from one of Central America's most accomplished writers, Claribel Alegr a, Luisa in Realityland explores state oppression, cultural identity, and everyday life as a woman in Latin America. Alternating between prose and verse, and frequently entering the realm of magical realism, Alegr a discusses the horrors she's seen without losing sight of the universal nature of humanity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0915306700
• ISBN13: 9780915306701
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A touching, funny, and powerful book

I'm on my third copy of this book now, having lost my two others to careless borrowers. Alegria's ability to combine prose and poetry, personal insights and political and social commentary, and sadness and laughter is extraordinary. You don't need to know Salvadoran politics to enter into the experiences of a girl and woman changed forever by the society she lives in, and to relate to them.