Book Description
Originally published as La mujer que llora (Barcelona: Planeta, 2013).
Author : Zoe Valdes
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1628725818
Originally published as La mujer que llora (Barcelona: Planeta, 2013).
Author : Joe Hayes
Publisher : Cinco Puntos Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0938317865
A retelling, in parallel English and Spanish text, of the traditional tale told in the Southwest and in Mexico of how the beautiful Maria became a ghost.
Author : Sandra Cisneros
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 44,75 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804150885
A collection of stories by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street and the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. The lovingly drawn characters of these stories give voice to the vibrant and varied life on both sides of the Mexican border with tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.
Author : Judith Shaw Beatty
Publisher : Judith Shaw Beatty, Incorporated
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category :
ISBN : 9780578485744
Spanish speakers around the world for generations have told stories of La Llorona, "the weeping woman," and the many versions of this legendary phantom woman vary from one region to the next. In this book of fifty-six stories shared by people from the American Southwest as well as south of the border, there are dozens of versions of this ghostly specter that range from a terrifying skeletal creature with blood dripping from its eyes to a baby with fangs wrapped in a quilt -- but no matter what she looks like, she nearly always manages to terrorize her wayward victims into changing their ways.
Author : Domino Renee Perez
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 33,7 MB
Release : 2008-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 029271811X
"How is it that there are so many lloronas?" A haunting figure of Mexican oral and literary traditions, La Llorona permeates the consciousness of her folk community. From a ghost who haunts the riverbank to a murderous mother condemned to wander the earth after killing her own children in an act of revenge or grief, the Weeping Woman has evolved within Chican@ imaginations across centuries, yet no truly comprehensive examination of her impact existed until now. Tracing La Llorona from ancient oral tradition to her appearance in contemporary material culture, There Was a Woman delves into the intriguing transformations of this provocative icon. From La Llorona's roots in legend to the revisions of her story and her exaltation as a symbol of resistance, Domino Renee Perez illuminates her many permutations as seductress, hag, demon, or pitiful woman. Perez draws on more than two hundred artifacts to provide vivid representations of the ways in which these perceived identities are woven from abstract notions—such as morality or nationalism—and from concrete, often misunderstood concepts from advertising to television and literature. The result is a rich and intricate survey of a powerful figure who continues to be reconfigured.
Author : Alma Villanueva
Publisher : Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Fiction. Alma Luz Villanueva's collection of short stories, WEEPING WOMAN: LA LLORONA AND OTHER STORIES, presents a vision as dangerous and as compelling as a solar eclipse. Readers of these stories may find Villanueva's world very disturbing, torn between the instinct to look tragedy in the face and the need to turn away. The characters in WEEPING WOMAN live in an environment ravaged by violence, racism, and sexism, all forces that distort and, in some cases, destroy. Villanueva's vision is not entirely pessimistic, however. Through their voices and their actions, these characters reveal that they do possess the strength and spirituality to triumph.
Author : Brigitte Benkemoun
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1606066595
Merging biography, memoir, and cultural history, this compelling book, a bestseller in France, traces the life of Dora Maar (1907–1997) through a serendipitous encounter with the artist’s address book. In search of a replacement for his lost Hermès agenda, Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband buys a vintage diary on eBay. When it arrives, she opens it and finds inside private notes dating back to 1951—twenty pages of phone numbers and addresses for Balthus, Brassaï, André Breton, Jean Cocteau, Paul Éluard, Leonor Fini, Jacqueline Lamba, and other artistic luminaries of the European avant-garde. After realizing that the address book belonged to Dora Maar—Picasso’s famous “Weeping Woman” and a brilliant artist in her own right—Benkemoun embarks on a two-year voyage of discovery to learn more about this provocative, passionate, and enigmatic woman, and the role that each of these figures played in her life. Longlisted for the prestigious literary award Prix Renaudot, Finding Dora Maar is a fascinating and breathtaking portrait of the artist. “Beautifully written and fascinating.”—Paris Match “One of the happy surprises of the end of the literary season.”—Livres Hebdo “A highly moving portrait of the artist.”—Elle (France) This book received support from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States through their publishing assistance program.
Author : Megan Cooley Peterson
Publisher : Snap Books
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 15,75 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1543574793
The ghost of a weeping woman dressed in white, La Llorona, is often spotted beside bodies of water. People in Mexico and in the southwestern United States have claimed to hear her wailing in the night, crying out for her drowned children. This centuries-old legend says that if the wailing woman gets too close, she will drag you to a watery grave.
Author : Sylvie Germain
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,39 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Gloria Anzaldúa
Publisher : Children's Book Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780892391677
All her life, Prietita has heard terrifying tales of "la llorona", the legendary ghost of a woman who steals children at night. When she actually encounters the ghost, Prietita discovers a compassionate woman who helps Prietita on her journey of self-discovery. Based on a Mexican legend. Full-color illustrations.