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Maryse Condé takes up the story of her life and invites us to accompany her on the exciting journey that marked her youth: a journey that begins in Paris, with an accidental pregnancy and the abandonment of the man she loves, and that leads her to wander through different African countries in search of that identity that was already beginning to glimpse with the discovery of blackness. Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Ghana and Senegal make up the polyhedral scene of the vital transformation of Maryse, who walks through the revolutionary circles of African socialism and surrenders to the fever of...

Estas páginas que estás a punto de leer no son sino una ligera, leve recopilación de pensamientos suscitados en la autora al acercarse a la edad provecta: solo pretende con ellos compartir alguna vivencia común y hacernos sentir, como cuando éramos adolescentes, miembros de un grupo, “los senior”.

From a three room apartment in Brooklyn occupied by ten family members, Esmeralda Santiago begins a journey that is both a triumphant struggle for identity and independence and a mother's worst nightmare. Challenged by language barriers, cultural stereotypes, and the extremely protective Mami, Santiago continues the rollicking ascent she began in When I Was Puerto Rican. By day she perfects the role of Cleopatra at Performing Arts High School and interprets for the family at city welfare offices. At night she accompanies her mother and sister to Latin dance halls, but on such a tight leash...

Descubre la historia detrás del mito de Amrita, la pintora más reconocida de la India, quien escandalizó a los círculos aristocráticos de su país y se abrió paso, con actitud desafiante, en una sociedad dominada por el patriarcado. La apasionante historia de la Frida Kahlo de India. Amrita reconstruye con minuciosidad la fascinante vida de una artista cautivadora, polémica y comprometida con su propia libertad y con las luchas sociales de su país. Alfredo Braganza nos revela los amores, las pasiones estéticas, las transformaciones en su discurso social y la lucha por la liberación...