Old Rosa : a novel in two stories /
Old Rosa is in two parts, two related short stories connected by startling images and themes as well as by characters. "Old Rosa" recalls the life of a woman who puts herself and her farm to the flames rather than give up her land to the revolution. "The Brightest Star" chronicle...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grove Press,
1989.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Old Rosa is in two parts, two related short stories connected by startling images and themes as well as by characters. "Old Rosa" recalls the life of a woman who puts herself and her farm to the flames rather than give up her land to the revolution. "The Brightest Star" chronicles the death and life of Old Rosa's youngest son, Arturo, an obsessive writer imprisoned by the revolutionaries in a work camp for gay prisoners. --Mary M. Benson, Library Journal. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: La vieja Rosa, and of: Arturo, la estrella más brillante. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 106 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0802110924 9780802110923 0802134068 9780802134066 |