In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)

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In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)

"In a State of Memory is a novelistic memoir about exile, displacement, and return. Tununa Mercado explores the psychological and physical effects of the narrator's transition into a life in exile: the splintering of her identity, the difficulties of incorporating herself into a host culture, her physical illness, and the haunting memories of her past and the loved ones she left behind. In exile the narrator is constantly confronted with the vicariousness of her experiences - she wears secondhand clothes, buys secondhand furniture, and experiences other people's lives at second hand. After periods of exile in France and Mexico, she returns to Buenos Aires and finds it difficult to recognize the city, to attach memories to particular places. Through flashbacks, recollections, and short narratives, this story powerfully communicates an individual's experience of exile from an emotional and psychological perspective while at the same time linking the individual experience to the collective one."--BOOK JACKET.

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Language
English
Pages
156

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Cover of: In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)
In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)
April 1, 2001, Bison Books
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Cover of: In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)
In a State of Memory (Latin American Women Writers)
April 1, 2001, University of Nebraska Press
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Library of Congress
PQ7798.23.E7197E64, PQ7798.23.E7197 E64 2001

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
156
Dimensions
8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
Weight
13.1 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7905175M
Internet Archive
instateofmemory0000merc
ISBN 10
0803231571
ISBN 13
9780803231573
LCCN
00064836
OCLC/WorldCat
44932089
Goodreads
1104505

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