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03354aam a2200385 i 4500 001 5C6E77AAD93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200808010344 008 190313s2018 nyu 000 0deng d 020 $a 0143108697 020 $a 9780143108696 040 $a PABRO $b eng $e rda $c PABRO $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 043 $a s-ck--- 050 00 $a N6679.R49 $b A3 2018 082 00 $a 709.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Reyes, Emma, $d 1919-2003, $e author. 240 10 $a Memoria por correspondencia. $l English 245 14 $a The book of Emma Reyes / $c Emma Reyes ; translated with an introduction by Daniel AlarcoÌn. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2018. 300 $a xvi, 189 pages ; $c 20 cm. 490 1 $a Penguin classics 520 $a "Startling and astringently poetic." -The New York Times A literary discovery: an extraordinary account, in the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Angela's Ashes, of a Colombian woman's harrowing childhood This astonishing memoir was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nearly a decade after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel GarciÌa MaÌrquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, and translated and introduced by acclaimed writer Daniel AlarcoÌn, it describes in vivid, painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing. Emma Reyes was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in BogotaÌ with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive. Abandoned by their mother, she and her sister moved to a Catholic convent housing 150 orphan girls, where they washed pots, ironed and mended laundry, scrubbed floors, cleaned bathrooms, sewed garments and decorative cloths for the nuns-and lived in fear of the Devil. Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world, Emma escaped at age nineteen, eventually establishing a career as an artist and befriending the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as European artists and intellectuals. The portrait of her childhood that emerges from this clear-eyed account inspires awe at the stunning early life of a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 600 10 $a Reyes, Emma, $d 1919-2003 $v Correspondence. 600 10 $a Reyes, Emma, $d 1919-2003 $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Artists $z Colombia $v Correspondence. 650 0 $a Girls $z Colombia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women artists $z Colombia $v Correspondence. 650 0 $a Poor children $z Colombia $v Biography. 700 1 $a AlarcoÌn, Daniel, $d 1977- 830 0 $a Penguin classics. 941 $a 2 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314020404.0 952 $l CZPD706 $d 20230502012521.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5C6E77AAD93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search