{"product_id":"ana-isabel-a-respectable-girl-9780995029118","title":"Ana Isabel: A Respectable Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first English translation of one of the key works of 20th-century Venezuelan fiction. Published in 1949, \u003cem\u003eAna Isabel: A Respectable Girl \u003c\/em\u003eby Antonia Palacios is a classic coming-of-age story set in Caracas in the 1920s, exploring issues of race, class, and gender and exposing the colonial and patriarchal legacy of the country in the era before urban development and the dependence on an oil economy. A modern Latin American classic and the Venezuelan counterpart of Sandra Cisneros' \u003cem\u003eThe House on Mango Street \u003c\/em\u003e(1984), \u003cem\u003eAna Isabel: A Respectable Girl \u003c\/em\u003ebroke with the symbolic realist genre in vogue in Latin American narrative works and inaugurated a new form of expression with poetic overtones.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWithout patronizing or writing a manifesto, Antonia Palacios acknowledges the complexities, evokes the atmosphere and exposes the contradictions of a bygone era in Caracas\u003c\/em\u003e.\" Maria Gracia Pardo, University of Miami\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntonia Palacios (1904-2001) was one of the most important Venezuelan writers of the 20th century. A poet, novelist, essayist and short-story writer, she was also a prominent feminist and civil rights activist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoseAnna Mueller, Professor Emerita at Columbia College Chicago, teaches Latin American Literature and Art. She is the author of Teresa de la Parra: A Literary Life (2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e RoseAnna Mueller,Antonia Palacios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Universitas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995029118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAntonia Palacios (1904-2001) was one of the most important Venezuelan writers of the 20th century. A poet, novelist, essayist, and short-story writer, she was also a prominent feminist and civil rights activist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universitas Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45024804864115,"sku":"9780995029118","price":15.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7b67abb2-0e7f-4521-b19c-515e2656aab5.jpg?v=1779371192","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ana-isabel-a-respectable-girl-9780995029118","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}