The Mixquiahuala Letters

Name: The Mixquiahuala Letters
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Ana Castillo
ISBN: 9781666640816

Author: Ana Castillo

Narrator: Ana Daniela Osorio

Unabridged: 5 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 07/18/2023

Categories: Fiction, Hispanic & Latino, Women

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women—Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist—this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. This groundbreaking debut novel received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict.

About Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo is a celebrated and distinguished poet, writer, editor, playwright, translator, and visual artist. Her accolades include the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Fuller Award for Lifetime Achievement, and PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. She has received a Lambda in fiction and nonfiction, NEA fellowships in fiction and poetry, and an American Book Award. She is the bestselling author of So Far from God and Sapogonia, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

About Ana Daniela Osorio

Ana Daniela Osorio is a Venezuelan-American actress, singer-songwriter, and voiceover artist from Caracas. In 2013, she debuted her acting career as Daniela Mílan in Telemundo's successful soap opera Santa Diabla. She has since starred in Dueños del Paraíso and most recently Eva, La Trailera. Apart from acting, she is the host for HITN's Tu Planeta and has also done work with Wells Fargo. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Plagued by Visions

Every once in a while, a book comes around to remind you that beauty and strength are the true commerce of words.......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

4.5? Review on my blog!......more

Goodreads review by Deb (Readerbuzz)

This book was highly recommended to me a while back, and I quickly added it to my wish list as it looked exactly like the kind of book I love to read. Honestly, I'd say this book was a disappointment. All the men were losers, manipulative or abusive or cruel. The women seemed to wander from man to m......more