{"product_id":"the-book-of-emma-reyes-a-memoir-9780143108696","title":"The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Startling and astringently poetic.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary account, in the tradition of \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street, Child of the Dark, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAngela's Ashes, \u003c\/i\u003eof a Colombian woman's harrowing childhood defined by uprootedness and migration \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmma Reyes was an illegitimate child, raised in a windowless room in Bogot  with no water or toilet and only ingenuity to keep her and her sister alive. Abandoned by her mother, she moved with her sister to a Catholic convent, where she scrubbed floors and mended garments for the nuns--and lived in fear of the Devil. Illiterate and knowing nothing of the outside world, she escaped at age nineteen, eventually establishing a career as an artist, befriending the likes of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera as well as European artists and intellectuals, and being encouraged in her writing by Gabriel Garc a M rquez. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComprised of letters written over the course of thirty years, this astonishing memoir describes in painterly detail the remarkable courage and limitless imagination of a young girl growing up with nothing. Discovered only after Reyes's death, it reveals a gifted writer whose talent remained hidden for far too long. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,800 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11099018\"\u003eEmma Reyes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143108696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143108697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO007000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; Latin American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Reyes \u003c\/b\u003e(1919-2003) was a Colombian painter and intellectual. Born in Bogotá, she also lived in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Jerusalem, Washington, and Rome before settling in Paris. She dedicated most of her life to painting and drawing, slowly breaking through as an artist and forging friendships with some of the most distinguished European and Latin American artists, writers, and intellectuals of the twentieth century, among them Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. The year she passed away, the French government named her a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Alarcón \u003c\/b\u003e(translator\/introducer) is one of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"20 under 40\" best fiction writers. His books include the novels \u003ci\u003eLost City Radio \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAt Night We Walk in Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2014 PEN\/Faulkner Award; the story collections \u003ci\u003eWar by Candlelight \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe King Is Always Above the People, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was longlisted for the National Book Award; and the graphic novel \u003ci\u003eCity of Clowns.\u003c\/i\u003e His writing has appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine, Granta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine. \u003c\/i\u003eAlarcón teaches at the Columbia University Journalism School and is the executive producer of \u003ci\u003eRadio Ambulante, \u003c\/i\u003ean award-winning Spanish-language podcast distributed by NPR.","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43835514126475,"sku":"9780143108696","price":18.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_9aa01240-6a2b-4bb4-88ae-33b19f365ecc.jpg?v=1755668498","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-book-of-emma-reyes-a-memoir-9780143108696","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}