WRITING BETWEEN WORLDS

Alvarez, Julia (1950– )

Something to Declare [Signed First Edition]

Chapel Hill, Algonquin Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing.
SIGNED ESSAYS ON IMMIGRATION IDENTITY MEMORY AND THE MAKING OF A DOMINICAN AMERICAN LITERARY VOICE

This collection of essays by Julia Alvarez explores language, immigration, family memory, storytelling, bilingual identity, and the experience of living between the Dominican Republic and the United States. Blending memoir, literary commentary, and cultural reflection, the volume presents many of the themes central to Alvarez’s literary reputation in a more personal and direct voice than her fiction.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Hardcover in publisher’s binding with original dust jacket. Octavo. Approximately 8.5 inches tall. Pagination: x, [2], 3–300 pages. Signed by Julia Alvarez on the title page without personalization.

CONDITION: No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. A clean, bright, well-preserved copy appearing unread. Signed by the author on the title page.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —
Julia Alvarez emerged as one of the most important Dominican American literary voices of the late 20th century. Her work helped bring immigrant experience, bilingual identity, and Caribbean-American cultural history into mainstream contemporary American literature. ‘Something to Declare’ offers direct insight into the autobiographical and cultural foundations underlying much of her fiction.

SUBJECTS: Julia Alvarez, signed first edition, Dominican American literature, immigrant writing, literary essays, women writers, cultural identity, bilingual literature, memoir essays, Algonquin Books, Caribbean American literature, autobiographical essays, Modern Literature, Essays, Memoir, Signed Books.

Item #22007
ISBN: 1565121937

Price: $35.00