LAS CHRISTMAS: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories
by Santiago, Esmeralda and Joie Davidow
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0375401512
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401510
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About This Item
NY, Knopf, 1998, 1998. Paperback. Good. Jose Ortega. Squarish octavo, softcover, good in green wraps. Twenty-four celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmases past -- in this splendid holiday extravaganza.From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santiclo delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Diaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas in America, to Sandra Cisneros's poignant memories of her late father's holiday dinners, Las Christmas vividly captures the pain and pride, joy and heartbreak that so often accompany feliz navidad in the Americas.Lavishly illustrated and furnished with Christmas songs and with recipes for an unforgettable Christmas dinner -- from traditional sweet tamales to Puerto Rican asopao (stew) and coquito (coconut eggnog).A heartwarming and pungent holiday gift. 208 pp.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64611
- Title
- LAS CHRISTMAS: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories
- Author
- Santiago, Esmeralda and Joie Davidow
- Illustrator
- Jose Ortega
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375401512
- ISBN 13
- 9780375401510
- Publisher
- NY, Knopf, 1998
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...