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Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez
Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez






Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez

The family's farming heritage is at risk. (Now, there's an oxymoron.) We have a long way to go.Īlvarez begins with a young man, her protagonist, Tyler, the younger eleven-year-old son in a family who has survived and thrived by running a dairy farm in Vermont.

Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez

She knows how to make it clear that reality and morality are continuums and not dichotomies of this or that, up or down, or yes or no. Julia Alvarez knows how to characterize the blur in the line between right and wrong. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Library’s program “The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez.” In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer-in-residence at Middlebury College.

Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez

She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. Le preocupa dejar ir el pasado y hay pedacitos que no quiere soltar.Įn una novela llena de esperanza pero sin respuestas faciles, Julia Alvarez muestra como la amistad es capaz de traspasar fronteras. Son indocumentados? Su propia familia infringio la ley al contratarlos? Mientras que Mari se siente dividida entre sus raices mexicanas y su nueva vida en Vermont.

Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez

A Tyler lo inquieta la presencia de los trabajadores mexicanos. Despues de un accidente con un tractor que deja la granja que tienen en Vermont al borde de la quiebra, necesitan conseguir gente nueva que trabaje alli, de inmediato.Ĭonocerse representa un golpe de suerte para ambas familias pues salvan la granja y Mari consigue un nuevo hogar, pero tambien surgen preguntas. La familia de Tyler lucha por salir adelante. La familia de Mari se encuentra a la deriva, con una gran necesidad de trabajo, pero se ve forzada a esconderse por miedo a que las autoridades los devuelvan a Mexico y a la pobreza. "Esta novela oportuna, arrancada de los titulares de los diarios, transmite un mensaje positivo acerca de la cooperacion y la comprension."








Devolver al Remitente by Julia Alvarez