num_pages: 104
description: Five novels, a book of essays, four collections of poetry, four children's books, and two works of adolescent fiction is a short-list of Dominican-American Julia Alvarez's accomplishments. She is regarded as one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina writers of our time. Readers are given an up-close examination of her life, including discussion of opportunities and obstacles, missteps, and triumphs.
language: English
title: Julia Alvarez
titlecomplete: Julia Alvarez (Twentieth Century's Most Influential Hispanics)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Lucent