Background
Vázquez, Lourdes was born on May 26, 1949 in Puerto Rico. Daughter of William and Carmen Vázquez.
(Traditionally, a bestiary is a collection of fables about...)
Traditionally, a bestiary is a collection of fables about actual or mythological animals. In this collection, however, Lourdes Vázquez has crafted a bestiary of a different sort with a compilation of sensuous poetry in which insects, animals, and strangers reflect her experience as a "Caribbean in exile." The poems resound with humor and grief, turn catastrophe into renewal, and playfully explore what happens in a world where the relationship between humans and beasts is still intact. At times edgy, this poetry is never cold. It is instead vibrantly alive, flowing in a confluence of desire and anger, passion and cool appraisal.
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(Presents twelve short stories by the Puerto Rican author,...)
Presents twelve short stories by the Puerto Rican author, including the prize-winning title story. Title: La Estatuilla Author: Vazquez, Lourdes Publisher: Editorial Cultural Inc Publication Date: 2004/06/30 Number of Pages: 83 Binding Type: PAPERBACK Library of Congress: bl2005000462
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Segunda edición revisada. El hecho de que una novela comience con una elegía la hace sospechosa; mucho más cuando se trata de un homenaje a unas tías abuelas que en vida se dedicaban a resolver las complicaciones diarias con el poder del cannabis. Si añadimos a este dato, exótico por demás, que el resto de la familia era devota al espiritismo y con regularidad se reunía en la sala del abuelo para evocar las almas, obtenemos la receta perfecta para la construcción de quimeras. La sátira, el erotismo y el humor se entrelazan con el asunto político y social, así como con las emociones más íntimas, creando una amalgama de voces amorosas, temerosas o contestatarias, casi como un sueño en una noche de verano. La visión fragmentada de la memoria, alucinada en muchos aspectos, la distingue en la narrativa caribeña; ya que es el amuleto para cuestionar la realidad del momento. Sin ti no soy yo is part of the Listado de libros recomendados en la campaña America reads Spanish compiled by The Spanish Institute for Foreign Trade (ICEX) and the Spanish Association of Publishers Guilds (FGEE) who have developed the campaign America Reads Spanish, aimed to increase the use and reading of our language through the thousands of libraries, schools and book stores of the US.
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Vázquez, Lourdes was born on May 26, 1949 in Puerto Rico. Daughter of William and Carmen Vázquez.
Bachelor, University Puerto Rico, 1971. Master of Library Science, University Puerto Rico, 1981. Master of Arts in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University, 1985.
Library. Rutgers University, since 1998.
(Presents twelve short stories by the Puerto Rican author,...)
(Traditionally, a bestiary is a collection of fables about...)
(Segunda edición revisada. El hecho de que una novela comi...)
Member SALALM, Pen American Center, Poetry Project.