Two Women by Ichiishi, Barbara F.

Two Women (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781684483150)

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Format: Hardcover
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Two Women by Ichiishi, Barbara F.

Two Women

$27.95
Two Women by Ichiishi, Barbara F.

Two Women

$27.95
Format: Hardcover
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In 1842, a young Cuban woman living in Spain published a novel that was so passionate and boldly feminist in content, it did not appear in her homeland until more than seventy years later. Two Women tells the riveting tale of a tumultuous love triangle among three wealthy Spaniards: a brilliant, young, widowed countess named Catalina, her inexperienced lover Carlos, and his pure and virtuous wife Luisa. The two women start out as rivals, yet in an insightful twist, they ultimately find they are both victims of a patriarchal society that ruthlessly pits women against each other. As the story builds to its thrilling climax, they confront the stark truth that in nineteenth-century Spain, women have few paths to a happy ending.

This first English translation of the novel captures the lyrical romanticism of its prose and includes a scholarly introduction to the work and its author, Gertrudis Gez de Avellaneda, a pioneering feminist and anti-slavery activist who based the character of Catalina on her own experience. Two Women is a searing indictment of the stern laws and customs governing marriage in the Hispanic world, brought to life in a spellbinding, tragic love story.

Author: Barbara F. Ichiishi, Gertrud Gez de Avellaneda (1814-1873)
ISBN-10: 1684483158
ISBN-13: 9781684483150
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/12/2021
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d
By Barbara F. Ichiishi
By Barbara F. Ichiishi
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GERTRUDIS GﾓMEZ DE AVELLANEDA (1814-1873) is an acclaimed Romantic author who was born and raised in Cuba and spent most of her adult life in Spain. A highly successful playwright, novelist, and poet during her lifetime, through her works she waged an ardent campaign to promote social and economic equality for women.

BARBARA F. ICHIISHI is the author of The Apple of Earthly Love: Female Development in Esther Tusquets' Fiction, and the translator of many of Tusquets' major works. She has written articles on Spanish and Latin American women's literature, and co-translated Edouard Glissant's historical drama Monsieur Toussaint.

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