Scenes from La Cuenca de Los Angeles Y Otros Natural Disasters

by Susana Chavez-Silverman

Book Overview

This is a rarity in contemporary writing, a truly bilingual enterprise, as in Susana Ch?vez-Silverman's previous memoir, Killer Cr?nicas. Ch?vez-Silverman switches between English and Spanish, creating alinguistic mestizaje that is still a surprise encounter in the world of letters today, and the author forms one of a small but growing band of writers to embrace bilingualism as a literary force. Also like Killer Cr?nicas,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299235246
• ISBN13: 9780299235246
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"