The Forbidden Stories Of Marta Veneranda

Sonia Rivera-Valdes, Dick Cluster

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English

Seven Stories Press,U.S.
01 August 2011

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Short stories

"Marta Veneranda, a Latina neoyorkina, finds that she inspires the confessional in people. In fact, when people come to her, they feel the need to reveal their most embarrassing and shameful stories. And through these reluctantly told tales, where characters enter and leave each other's narrations, Rivera-Valdes revisits and questions our most basic behavioral assumptions. In ""Little Poisons,"" the narrator shares with Marta the minutiae of her self-help book-assisted liberation from her philandering husband, whom she will eventually poison to death, and whose mistress she will befriend- ""In the fifteen years of marriage he would tell me everything, even about his sexual escapades-if he couldn't share them with me, who would he share them with? Besides, that way no one could come running to me spreading rumors."" Beneath the humor is a dead-serious scrutiny of the commingling of Anglo and Latino cultures. At heart, the stories are an expose of the comforts and discomforts of that cohabitation."

By: Sonia Rivera-Valdes, Dick Cluster
Imprint: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 327g
ISBN: 9781583220474
ISBN 10: 158322047X
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 01 August 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

SONIA RIVERA VALD S was born in Cuba and first lived in New York City in 1966. Considered one of the most important writers from Cuba, she has had stories appear in many anthologies in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Reviews for The Forbidden Stories Of Marta Veneranda

That which is not sanctioned by society...are the pivotal points in Rivera-Valdes's narratives. The author has turned the tables on propriety. - Zaida Capota, Institute of Literature and Linguistics, Havana