Dominicana
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Una extraordinaria novela de iniciaciāā„n sobre una mujer joven que encuentra su voz en el mundo ahora en una ediciāā„n en EspaāĀ±ol. / An extraordinary coming-of-age story of a young woman finding her voice in the world, now in a Spanish language edition.
El āā«ltimo dāā a de 1964, la quinceaāĀ±era Ana Canciāā„n se casa con Juan Ruiz, un hombre veinte aāĀ±os mayor que ella, en el campo dominicano. Al dāā a siguiente se vuelve Ana Ruiz, una esposa confinada a un apartamento de un cuarto en Washington Heights. Juan la engaāĀ±a, abusa y controla, hasta le prohāā be aprender inglāĀ©s. DespuāĀ©s de un intento fallido de fuga, Ana se entera de que estāĀ° embarazada. Su madre y su esposo comparan su embarazo a ganar la loterāā a, su niāĀ±a tendrāĀ° ciudadanāā a estadounidense. Juan vuelve a la Repāā«blica Dominicana cuando la guerra civil comienza, dejando a CāĀ©sar, su hermano, cuidando a Ana. Durante ese descanso del confinamiento ella se enamora genuinamente, lo cual despierta su voluntad de pelear por independizarse de su abusador y por su derecho de permanecer en su patria adoptiva. Un retrato atemporal de feminidad y ciudadanāā a, que sigue vigente en esta āĀ©poca de migraciāā„n forzada.
On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Canciāā„n marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving CāĀ©sar, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration.
El āā«ltimo dāā a de 1964, la quinceaāĀ±era Ana Canciāā„n se casa con Juan Ruiz, un hombre veinte aāĀ±os mayor que ella, en el campo dominicano. Al dāā a siguiente se vuelve Ana Ruiz, una esposa confinada a un apartamento de un cuarto en Washington Heights. Juan la engaāĀ±a, abusa y controla, hasta le prohāā be aprender inglāĀ©s. DespuāĀ©s de un intento fallido de fuga, Ana se entera de que estāĀ° embarazada. Su madre y su esposo comparan su embarazo a ganar la loterāā a, su niāĀ±a tendrāĀ° ciudadanāā a estadounidense. Juan vuelve a la Repāā«blica Dominicana cuando la guerra civil comienza, dejando a CāĀ©sar, su hermano, cuidando a Ana. Durante ese descanso del confinamiento ella se enamora genuinamente, lo cual despierta su voluntad de pelear por independizarse de su abusador y por su derecho de permanecer en su patria adoptiva. Un retrato atemporal de feminidad y ciudadanāā a, que sigue vigente en esta āĀ©poca de migraciāā„n forzada.
On the last day of 1964, fifteen-year-old Ana Canciāā„n marries Juan Ruiz, a man twice her age, in the Dominican countryside. The following day she becomes Ana Ruiz, a wife confined to a one-bedroom in Washington Heights. Juan is unfaithful, abusive, and controlling, he even forbids her from learning English. After a failed escape, Ana learns she is pregnant. Both her mother and husband compare her pregnancy to winning the lottery, her child will have American citizenship. Juan returns briefly to the Dominican Republic when the civil war begins, leaving CāĀ©sar, his brother, to care for Ana. During that respite from confinement she experiences true love, which awakens her will to fight for independence from her abuser and for the right to stay in her adopted homeland. A timeless portrait of womanhood and citizenship, which rings true in this era of forced migration.
Dominicana