Julia Alvarez
Subtitle: a critical companion
By: Silvio Sirias.
Series: Critical companions to popular contemporary writers,
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Alvarez, Julia -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Dominican Americans in literature.; Dominican Republic -- In literature.
Description: "Julia Alvarez made her mark on the American literary horizon with the 1991 publication of her debut novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, a story based on her own family's bicultural experiences. Readers and critics alike quickly discovered the writer's penchant for extracting humor from hardship, and weaving personal history into vivid prose. Within a decade, Alvarez had published three more highly acclaimed novels, including Yo! (1997), a delightful sequel to her first novel.

This Critical Companion introduces readers to the life and works of the Dominican-American writer and examines the thematic and cultural concerns that run through her novels. Full literary analysis is provided for each, including historical context for the factually based works. In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) and In the Name of Salome (2000).

Students will discover the personal and literary influences in Alvarez's writing with the help of a brief biography and a chapter on the Latino novel."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. The Life of Julia Alvarez; title: 2. The Latino Novel; title: 3. How the Garcfa Girls Lost Their Accents (1991); title: 4. In the Time of the Butterflies (1994); title: 5. iYo! (1997); title: 6. In the Name of Salome (2000); title: Bibliography; title: Index.