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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 of a childhood lived in extreme poverty in Latin America was hailed as an instant classic when first published in Colombia in 2012, nine years 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 Peruvian-American writer Daniel Alarcón, it describes in vivid, painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing. Emma 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 convent housing...

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Author

Reyes, Emma; Alarcón, Daniel; Alarcón, Daniel

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781101992098

Category

biography

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Collections, Art

Rating

4.3 / 5 (97 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14