The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir by Emma Reyes

The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir

Emma Reyes with Daniel Alarcón (Translator)

208 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction art biography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

"Startling and astringently poetic." --The New York Times An extraordinary account, in the tradition of The House on Mango Street and Angela's Ashes, of a Colombian woman's harrowing childhood defined by uprootedness and migration Emma Reyes was a...

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emotional 77%
reflective 66%
sad 55%
challenging 27%
dark 27%
inspiring 22%
funny 16%
tense 16%
adventurous 11%
hopeful 11%
mysterious 11%
informative 5%

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fast 12%

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