Emma Reyes was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in Bogotá with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive. Abandoned by their mother, she and her sister moved to a Catholic convent housing 150 orphan girls, where they washed pots, ironed and mended laundry, scrubbed floors, cleaned bathrooms, sewed garments and decorative cloths for the nuns—and lived in fear of the Devil. Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world, Emma escaped at age nineteen, eventually establishing a career as an artist and befriending the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as European artists and intellectuals. The portrait of her childhood that emerges from this clear-eyed account inspires awe at the stunning early life of a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long.
发表于2024-12-23
The Book of Emma Reyes 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
图书标签: 非虚构 英文原著 哥伦比亚文学 EmmaReyes 译本 Memoir
A literary discovery: an extraordinary account, in the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Angela’s Ashes, of a Colombian woman’s harrowing childhood
This astonishing memoir was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nearly a decade after the death of its author, who was encouraged in her writing by Gabriel García Márquez. Comprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, and translated and introduced by acclaimed writer Daniel Alarcón, it describes in vivid, painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing.
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评分emma像一只小动物,给她爱她回报你加倍的爱,伤害她她哀伤哭泣却不怨恨,这大概是她带着这样的过往也能安然接受生命的安排而没有迷失的原因。
评分emma像一只小动物,给她爱她回报你加倍的爱,伤害她她哀伤哭泣却不怨恨,这大概是她带着这样的过往也能安然接受生命的安排而没有迷失的原因。
The Book of Emma Reyes 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书