{"product_id":"chiaroscuro-helen-barolini-9780299160845","title":"Chiaroscuro: Essays on Identity: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A lively, lucid, and often extremely moving collection of essays.\"-Sandra Gilbert, author of \u003ci\u003eWrongful Death: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Barolini's essays moved me. Their commitment, their passion, their intelligence struck me very powerfully and made them among the most incisive essays on Italian-Americana, ethnicity, and diversity in literature that I have ever read.\"-Fred Misurella, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Milan Kundera: Public Events, Private Affairs and Short Time\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Part memoir, part social commentary, and part literary criticism, \u003ci\u003eChiaroscuro\u003c\/i\u003e is not only profoundly original but also of crucial importance in establishing the contours of an Italian-American tradition. Spanning a quarter century of work, the essays in Helen Barolini's essays explore her personal search; literature as a formative influence; and the turning of the personal into the political. Included in \u003ci\u003eChiaroscuro\u003c\/i\u003e is an updated re-introduction to Barolini's American Book Award-winning collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Book: An Anthology of Writings by Italian-American Women.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Barolini\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029916084X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299160845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.01w x 0.58d","brand":"Helen Barolini","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440929911039,"sku":"9780299160845","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82ec31f5-f624-46c2-b8ba-8cce5dbe9dfc.jpg?v=1777187611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chiaroscuro-helen-barolini-9780299160845","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}