Geographies of Home

Name: Geographies of Home
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ISBN: 9780140253719

A Novel

Loida Maritza Perez

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English

Penguin Books Ltd
01 March 2000

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

After leaving the college she'd attended to escape her religiously conservative parents, Iliana, a first-generation Dominican-American woman, returns home to Brooklyn to find that her family is falling apart- one sister is careening toward mental collapse, another sister is living in a decrepit building with her abusive husband and three children, and a third sister has simply disappeared. In this dislocating urban environment Iliana reluctantly confronts the anger and desperation that seem to seep through every crack of her family's small house, and experiences all the contradictions, superstitions, joys, and pains that come from a life caught between two

cultures. In this magnificent debut novel, filled with graceful prose and searing detail, Loida Maritza Perez offers a penetrating portrait of the American immigrant experience as she explores the true meanings of identity, family--and home.

By: Loida Maritza Perez
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 293g
ISBN: 9780140253719
ISBN 10: 0140253718
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 March 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Loida Maritza Perez was born in the Dominican Republic in 1963. She lives in New York City.

Reviews for Geographies of Home: A Novel

This beautifully and powerfully written debut novel explores, through the story of Iliana, the conflict of being caught between two cultures. Iliana's family is from the Dominican Republic and is now residing in New York. Hoping to break free from her overprotective, religiously fanatical parents, Iliana is studying at a college five hours from New York but the plan fails. Haunted night after night by the disembodied voice of her mother, relaying every detail of the family's experiences in her absence, Iliana reluctantly returns to New York. As she confronts the family and searches for the real meaning of 'home', Iliana's story is an unforgettable tale of the desire to belong, of faith and redemption, and of passion and kinship. (Kirkus UK)