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Mi Vestido Verde Esmeralda (Spanish, Paperback)
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Mi Vestido Verde Esmeralda (Spanish, Paperback)
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Mi vestido verde esmeralda by Alister Ramrez Mrquez recounts the
life story of Clara, born poor in isolated, rural Colombia in 1900,
who makes her way, after a mythic journey through forests,
mountains and swamps to the western region of the Quindo, to the
city of Armenia, now the heart of coffee and banana production.
This remarkable novel, first published in 2003, is the tale of
Clara's adventurous journey and subsequent rise to prosperity as
the owner of a farm and restaurant and mother of six, ending with
years of political strife and the dissolution of her family. The
novel provides an overview of a century of dramatic strife and
change in Clara's personal trajectory and in the history of the
nation. Alister Ramrez Mrquez is from this area of Colombia, but
lives in New York; he is the author of a number of books, and Mi
vestido verde esmeralda is his first novel, fusing familiarity and
nostalgia in this tale of a journey through the twentieth century.
This novel would be engaging reading in courses on Colombian
history or literature, and in courses on topics of search for
self-definition (personal and national), fluctuating cycles and
rhythms of a century of transitions, life as a journey, or the
meaning of progress. This edition of Mi vestido verde esmeralda
includes extensive annotation of the Colombian references, and a
prologue and bibliography by Clara E. Ronderos and Mary G. Berg,
professors of Latin American literature in Massachusetts.
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