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Title: The Other Side / El otro lado by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0-452-27341-2 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Re-Posting of My Review Under the Right Nickname
Comment: "I hung back, unsure, if this was the thing I'd die for/ and so perhaps never found what it was I would live for." From The Other Side/ El Otro Lado
I found this collection of poetry to be an honest portrait of the poet's experiences. The novelist Julia Alvarez, author of "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents", "Yo", and "In the Time of the Butterflies", displays her wide range of poetry in this book, The Other Side/ El Otro Lado. It is divided into four main sections, each with their own topic, and each section has poems about that topic within it. The first section deals with the poet's childhood, as she lived in the Dominican Republic. Then the book moves on to deal with other topics such as her family's hurried getaway to the United States, and her awkward adolescent years, as she tried to adjust as a minority Latina in a world of gringas. The book moves on to her adulthood and encompasses topics which vary from her poetry readings to her boyfriends. Especially touching are the poems which speak about her return visit to her homeland of Dominican Republic, the point at which Julia realizes that she does not fit in here anymore any better than she fit in at her school when she first arrived in the US. This book is a tale of one woman's journey from immigrant to American citizen, and it expressed with the deepest and sincere sense of humanity. Her unique story-telling style of poetry makes this book unique, and her experiences will warm your heart.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great poems by a great writer
Comment: I had read this book before a year ago and never really appreciated it until this year in English class when my class read it. I loved the book in the first place but now i have an ever deeper love for it since i understand it better. This book is great for casual reading but when analyzed and looked into it is excellent. I recommend this book to everyone but especially for young Dominican women trying to find a person, a book, that they can relate to.
Rating: 5
Summary: Unique and expressive
Comment: I found this book of poetry to be an honest portrait of the poet's experiences. It is divided into four main sections, each with their own topic, and each section has poems about that topic within it. The first section deals with the poet's childhood, as she lived in the Dominican Republic. Then the book moves on to deal with other topics such as her family's hurried getaway to the United States, and her awkward adolescent years, as she tried to adjust as a minority Latina in a world of gringas. The book moves on to her adulthood and encompasses topics which vary from her poetry readings to her boyfriends. Especially touching are the poems which speak about her return visit to her homeland of Dominican Republic, the point at which Julia realizes that she does not fit in here anymore any better than she fit in at her school when she first arrived in the US. This book is a tale of one woman's journey from immigrant to American citizen, and it expressed with the deepest and sincere sense of humanity. Her unique story-telling style of poetry makes this book unique, and her experiences will warm your heart.
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Title: Homecoming: New and Collected Poems by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0452275679 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Something to Declare by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0452280672 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Before We Were Free (PURA BELPRE MEDAL BOOK NARRATIVE (AWARDS)) by JULIA ALVAREZ ISBN: 0375815449 Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 13 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: !Yo! by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0452279186 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Plume Contemporary Fiction) by Julia Alvarez ISBN: 0452268060 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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