Julia Alvarez

Citas

• “I dreamed of stretching my pastry dough out / to cover the earth with a crust so fine / my love would think it was nothing / but the world at his feet, / baked by the summer sun, / dusted with cinnamon.”

• “The tarragon dotted the rice in the cauldron. / And now, as if signaled, the spice jars popped open, / unladened their far east wonders: / cumin, turmeric, saffron, and endives.”

• “I’m more in the Faulkner tradition. I’m writing my Spanish in English. Florid, flowing, expansive, rococo sounds, the sonority of Spanish closer to the Latin roots than the English, which has been also infused with Anglo Saxon, Germanic words.”

• “I like to start the writing day with poetry; like the choir master sounding a note on his pipe, it sets the standard high (“No approximate words in a poem,” Dickinson says) and puts me in the right register.”

• “Writing is hard work, a huge commitment of time, energy, faith, passion, and there’s nothing shameful in the attempt, even if the work doesn’t end up succeeding.”

Los libros de Julia Alvarez en orden

Los libros de Julia Alvarez en el orden en que se publicaron, de Homecoming (1984) a Critical Insights : How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (2021).

1. 1HomecomingHomecoming1984
2. 2How the Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsHow the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents1992
3. 3En el tiempo de las mariposasEn el tiempo de las mariposas1994
4. 4El otro ladoEl otro lado1996
5. 5Yo!Yo!1997
6. 6Something to DeclareSomething to Declare1998
7. 7En el nombre de SaloméEn el nombre de Salomé2000
8. 8Las huellas secretasLas huellas secretas2000
9. 9A Cafecito StoryA Cafecito Story2001
10. 10Cuando La Tía Lola Vino De Visita a QuedarseCuando La Tía Lola Vino De Visita a Quedarse2001
11. 11Before We Were FreeBefore We Were Free2002
12. 12How Tia Lola Came to StayHow Tia Lola Came to Stay2002
13. 13Antes De Ser LibresAntes De Ser Libres2004
14. 14The Woman I Kept to MyselfThe Woman I Kept to Myself2004
15. 15Un Regalo De GraciasUn Regalo De Gracias2005
16. 16Finding MiraclesFinding Miracles2006
17. 17Once Upon a QuinceaneraOnce Upon a Quinceanera2007
18. 18Devolver al remitenteDevolver al remitente2009
19. 19A Wedding in HaitiA Wedding in Haiti2012
20. 20Where Do They Go?Where Do They Go?2016
21. 21Antes De Ser LibreAntes De Ser Libre2018
22. 22AfterlifeAfterlife2020
23. 23Critical Insights : How the Garcia Girls Lost Their AccentsCritical Insights : How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents2021