Paperback. Moving between the speech and silence of a woman struggling to speak freely, Ruth Behar embarks on a poetic voyage into her own vulnerability and the sacrifices of her exiled ancestors as she tries to understand love, loss, regret, and the things we keep and carry with us. Behars vivid renderings of wilted gardens, crashing waves, and firefly-lit nights recall the imagery of her inspiration, Dulce Maria Loynaz, who is often known as the Cuban Emily Dickinson. Presented in a beautiful bilingual English-Spanish editionBehar serves as her own translatorEverything I Kept/Todo lo que guarde will haunt readers with the cries and whispers which illuminate the human spirit and the spectrum of emotions that make for a life and lives well-remembered. Todo Lo Que Guard. 10 halftones Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Everything I Kept Todo Lo Que Guard (Paperback)
Publisher: Swan Isle Press, Chicago
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0997228725
ISBN 13: 9780997228724
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Est�vez, Rolando
Condition: new

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Moving between the speech and silence of a woman struggling to speak freely, Ruth Behar embarks on a poetic voyage into her own vulnerability and the sacrifices of her exiled ancestors as she tries to understand love, loss, regret, and the things we keep and carry with us. Behar’s vivid renderings of wilted gardens, crashing waves, and firefly-lit nights recall the imagery of her inspiration, Dulce Mar�a Loynaz, who is often known as the Cuban Emily Dickinson. Presented in a beautiful bilingual English-Spanish edition—Behar serves as her own translator—Everything I Kept/Todo lo que guard� will haunt readers with the cries and whispers which illuminate the human spirit and the spectrum of emotions that make for a life and lives well-remembered.

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Ruth Behar is the Victor Haim Perera collegiate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan.

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