The Awakening and selected stories
- 286bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
A daring novel of a woman's sexual and spiritual rebirth.
Sandra M. Gilbert staat bekend om haar productieve bijdragen aan literaire kritiek en poëzie, waarin ze scherpe observaties biedt over het literaire landschap. Haar werk duikt diep in de complexiteit van taal en toont een verfijnd begrip van literaire tradities. Als vooraanstaand emeritus hoogleraar blijven haar kritische analyses het vakgebied van de literatuurwetenschap verlichten.


A daring novel of a woman's sexual and spiritual rebirth.
Set in Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s, Paper Fish is populated by hardworking Italian-American immigrants whose heroism lies in their quiet, sometimes tragic humanity. At the center of the novel is young Carmolina, who is torn between the bonds of the past and the pull of the future —a need for home and a yearning for independence.Carmolina’s own story is interwoven with the stories of her the memories and legends of her Grandmother Doria; the courtship tales of her father, a gentle policeman and her mother, a lonely waitress; and the painful story of Doriana, her beautiful but silent sister.