Cartographies - Meditations on Travel

Informationen zum Autor Marjorie Agosin, a human rights activist and writer, is a professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. Her many books include "Dear Anne Frank," "A Cross and a Star," and "The Alphabet in My Hands." Agosin's honors include the Gabriela Mistral Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement, given by the Chilean government; the Letras de Oro prize; and the Latino Literature Prize. Klappentext Features lyrical meditations in prose and poetry that evoke the many places on four continents the author has visited or called home. This title offers her memories and reflections on exodus! migration! and moving beyond the familiar. Zusammenfassung In these lyrical meditations in prose and poetry, Agosín evokes the many places on four continents she has visited or called home. Recording personal and spiritual voyages, the author opens herself to follow the ambiguous, secret map of her memory, which "does not betray."

Product details

• Authors: Marjorie Agosin, Marjorie/ Hall Agosin
• Assisted by: Nancy Hall (Translation), Nancy Abraham Hall (Translation)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2007
• EAN: 9780820329529
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2952-9
• No. of pages: 134
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 178 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales