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03736aam a22005298i 4500 001 4CE0C8B08FA411E79D96BF2097128E48 003 SILO 005 20170902010212 008 170331s2017 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2017003039 020 $a 0143108689 020 $a 9780143108689 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 043 $a s-ck--- 050 00 $a N6679.R49 $b A3 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a LCO007000 $a BIO022000 $a LCO007000 $2 bisacsh 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. 260 $a New York, New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2017. 263 $a 1704 300 $a 177 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 0 $a A Penguin classics hardcover 500 $a "Originally published in Spanish as Memoria por correspondencia, by Laguna Libros (Colombia) and FundacioÌn Arte Vivo Otero Herrera in 2012"--Title page verso. 520 $a "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 of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, and translated and introduced by acclaimed Peruvian-American writer Daniel Alarcon, it describes in vivid, painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing. Emma was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in Bogota 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 coming to have a career as an artist and to befriend the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as European artists and intellectuals. Far from self-pitying, the portrait 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"--Provided by publisher. 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 Women artists $z Colombia $v Correspondence. 650 0 $a Girls $z Colombia $v Biography. 650 0 $a Poor children $z Colombia $v Biography. 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Caribbean & Latin American. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a AlarcoÌn, Daniel, $d 1977- $e translator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Reyes, Emma, 1919-2003, author. $t Book of Emma Reyes $d New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017 $z 9781101992098 $w (DLC) 2017016042 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214012306.0 952 $l ETPD745 $d 20180907014827.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180403021426.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20180321010324.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20171212021907.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20170902010748.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CE0C8B08FA411E79D96BF2097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search