Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli
A multi-layered story told by two narrators: a 21st-century Emily Dickinson living in Mexico City who relates to the world vicariously through her children and a past that both overwhelms and liberates her, and a dying poet living in a run-down apartment in Philadelphia in the 1950s. While she tells the story of her past as a young editor in New York City desperately trying to convince a publisher to translate and publish the works of Gilberto Owen-an obscure Mexican poet who lived in Harlem during the 1920s and whose ghostly presence constantly haunts her in the subway-she also relates the slow but inevitable disintegration of her present family life.
Valeria Luiselli was born in Mexico City in 1983. She published a book of personal essays entitled FAKE PAPERS in 2010 and her work has been published in magazines and newspapers such as Letras Libres and the New York Times. She has also written ballet librettos for the New York City Ballet and is currently studying for a PhD in Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847085061 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847085067 |
| Title | Faces in the Crowd |
| Author | Valeria Luiselli |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2012-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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