Background
Ferrari, Gabriella De was born on June 3, 1941 in Tacna, Peru. Daughter of Armando and Delia De Ferrari. came to the United States, 1959, naturalized, 1964.
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For the readers of Laura Esquivel and Isabelle Allende, this memoir of a girlhood in Peru is seen from the very different vantage point of an adulthood in the United States. Gabriella De Ferrari, the author of the acclaimed novel A Cloud on Sand, grew up in Peru the daughter of gringos, or foreigners: her parents had come from Italy as newlyweds to set down roots in an exotic and alluring country far from home. Gringa Latina is the account of De Ferrari's privileged upbringing in the small desert town of Tacna, surrounded by the silent Andes. She recalls the wonders of her mother's inventive cuisine, an inspired melding of Italian and Peruvian ingredients; her friendship with her neighbor Se-orita Luisa, doomed to be an old maid because her betrothed left her for someone else; her ties to Saturnina, the Indian maid who taught her about curses and miracles; and her admiration for her father, the trusted sage of their town. Eventually De Ferrari attended college in the United States, whe
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First-time novelist Gabriella De Ferrari's A Cloud on Sand succeeds in giving its audience quality fiction combined with international flair and historical insight. Entertainment Weekly called it "a quietly enthralling masterpiece." Film rights optioned by Martin Scorsese.
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Ferrari, Gabriella De was born on June 3, 1941 in Tacna, Peru. Daughter of Armando and Delia De Ferrari. came to the United States, 1959, naturalized, 1964.
Bachelor, St. Louis University, 1962. Master of Science, Tufts University, 1965. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1981.
Director Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1975-1977. Acting curator Busch Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1979. Assistant director for curatorial affairs and program Fogg Art Museum, 1979-1982.
Consultant editor Travel and Leisure. Member board visitors Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Trustee New School University, New York City, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
(For the readers of Laura Esquivel and Isabelle Allende, t...)
(For the readers of Laura Esquivel and Isabelle Allende, t...)
(First-time novelist Gabriella De Ferrari's A Cloud on San...)
("All at once enchanting and real. Full of masterful story...)
(The author's first novel.)
Children: Nathaniel, Gabriella, Jeppson.