The Love You Promised Me

By Silvia Molina

Book Overview

The latest book by novelist and critic Molina, a major figure in Latin American letters, chronicles Marcela's flight to the place of her birth, the small town of San Lazaro in the state of Veracruz,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1880684624
• ISBN13: 9781880684627
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

REVIEW QUOTES

THE LOVE YOU PROMISED ME is the 6th recipient of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize and was a finalist in the Dublin Literary Awards."This lovely work, astonishing in its quietude, was deservedly winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize and belongs in all literary collections" --Library Journal"The novel's biggest strength is Ms. Molina's unsentimentality in her treatment of Marcela's emotional journey" --Beatriz Terrazas, Dallas Morning News"For aficionados of Latino literature, this entertaining book reveals how lovers in modern-day Mexico-as do their US counterparts-face (and fight) familial and societal odds to realize a dream" --Saldudos Hispanos"Molina weaves the past and present together into a seamless tapestry of hopes and passions, fears and failings, love and longing" --Booklist