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001 2003108945
003 DLC
005 20100305083654.0
008 030624s2003 nyu b 000 j eng d
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020 $a1893996646
020 $a9781893996649
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm54077292
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050 00 $aPQ7383.5.E5$bO64 2003
245 00 $aOpen your eyes and soar :$bCuban women writing now /$cedited by Mary G. Berg ; stories by Karla Suárez ... [et al.] ; introduction by Luisa Campuzano ; translations into English by Mary G. Berg ... [et al.].
246 30 $aCuban women writing now
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aBuffalo, N.Y. :$bWhite Pine Press,$cc2003.
300 $a188 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $aThe ten writers in this volume rose to prominence in the last decade of the twentieth century. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba underwent a drastic economic contraction that brought about an explosion of feminine narrative writing, largely in a need to reinforce the self-esteem so critical in times of crisis and uncertainty. Although most of these stories were written with the Cuban reader in mind, they offer not only a window on Cuban women's lives but also a mirror in which we can see ourselves reflected.
505 0 $aEye of the night ; Anniversary / Karla Suárez -- Peter Piper picked a peck ; Russian food / Anna Lidia Vega Serova -- Oh life ; Journey to Pepe / Adelaida Fernández de Juan -- Seventh thunderbolt ; Thou shalt not deviate / Nancy Alonso -- Little heart ; Absences / Aida Bahr -- At the back of the cemetery / Ena Lucía Portela -- Fifita calls us in the morning ; Past meets present, old tales out of school / Mirta Yáñez -- Mare atlanticum ; Anteater / Mylene Fernández Pintado -- This time listen to what I say ; It's a good thing / Marilyn Bobes -- Sandra ; Decision / Sonia Bravo Utrera.
650 0 $aCuban fiction$y20th century.
650 0 $aShort stories, Cuban.
650 0 $aCuban fiction$y20th century$vTranslations into English.
650 0 $aShort stories, Cuban$vTranslations into English.
650 0 $aCuban fiction$xWomen authors.
700 1 $aBerg, Mary G.
700 1 $aSuárez, Karla,$d1969-
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2003108945-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2003108945-b.html