{"product_id":"el-deli-latino-paperback","title":"El Deli Latino - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Ortiz Cofer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElena Olazagasti-Segovia\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a Spanish-language edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Latin Deli\u003c\/i\u003e, Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, \u003ci\u003eEl deli latino\u003c\/i\u003e opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as \"El Building.\" The book was selected by Rita Dove, Ashley Montague, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to receive the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which recognizes work that has made \"important contributions to our understanding of racism or our appreciation of the rich diversity of human cultures.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the poem from which the book takes its title, a \"woman of no-age\" presides over a small store whose wares--Bustelo coffee, jam n y queso, \"green plantains hanging in stalks like votive offerings\"--must satisfy, however imperfectly, those who hunger for their island home. In the story \"Nada,\" an anguished mother whose son has been killed in Vietnam refuses the consolation of her neighbors and the medals offered by the government (\"Tell the Mr. President of the United States what I say: No, gracias.\"). Cofer's essay \"The Paterson Public Library\" recalls how, in books, she found refuge and solace from the outside world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl deli latino\u003c\/i\u003e transcends the particulars of the expatriate experience to speak universal truths about the mysteries of desire, the quest for knowledge, and the struggle to reconcile opposing selves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJUDITH ORTIZ COFER (1952-2016) was the Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing Emerita at the University of Georgia. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e; and many other books. The University of Georgia Press published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Line of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1989.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722478129215,"sku":"9780820328409","price":31.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1f071eaee5213d16c9dae7869acb0091.webp?v=1765095896","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/el-deli-latino-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}