Gomera - Tavarez Camille - High Spirits - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Pura Belpr Honor Book BEST OF THE YEAR Chicago Review of Books Kirkus Los Angeles Public Library Publishers Weekly Flying Start High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora from debut author Camille Gomera - Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family the Bel ns across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical and its stories explore machismo mental health family and identity. But most of all High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera - Tavarez who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years. For fans of Elizabeth Acevedo Sandra Cisneros Angie Cruz and Yaa Gyasi P R A Is E Authentic and immersive A labor of love imbued with dedication to family. Kirkus (starred) Deeply personal and relatable. Steeped in nostalgia and harsh but fierce love this is a memorable family saga in its own right. Booklist (starred) Full of vivid and poetic imagery settings worthy of drinking in and thematic material ripe for contemplation about identity intergenerational memory and patriarchy and toxic masculinity Gomera - Tavarez's soulfully crafted debut is a sensitive intrinsically feminist work. Publishers Weekly (starred) A magical and unflinching look at the Dominican Diaspora. Dominican Writers Association
Title: High Spirits
Author(s): Gomera - Tavarez Camille
Publisher: Levine Querido
Barcode: 9781646141296
Pages: 224 Pages
Publication Date: 4/12/2022
Category: People & Places (Children's / Teenage)