Everything I Kept: Todo Lo Que Guardé (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780997228724)

Moving between the speech and silence of a woman struggling to speak freely, Ruth Behar embarks on a poetic voyage into her own vulnerability and the sacrifices of her exiled ancestors as she tries to understand love, loss, regret, and the things we keep and carry with us. Behar's vivid renderings of wilted gardens, crashing waves, and firefly-lit nights recall the imagery of her inspiration, Dulce Mar a Loynaz, who is often known as the Cuban Emily Dickinson. Presented in a beautiful bilingual English-Spanish edition--Behar serves as her own translator--Everything I Kept/Todo lo que guard will haunt readers with the cries and whispers which illuminate the human spirit and the spectrum of emotions that make for a life and lives well-remembered.

Author: Ruth Behar
ISBN-10: 0997228725
ISBN-13: 9780997228724
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2018
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d