{"product_id":"tales-from-the-heart-isbn-9781569473474","title":"Tales from the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Condé vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering her parents’ feelings of alienation; her first crush; a falling out with her best friend; the death of her beloved grandmother; her first encounter with racism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese gemlike vignettes capture the spirit of Condé’s fiction: haunting, powerful, poignant, and leavened with a streak of humor.\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eTales from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1999 Prix Yourcenar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Honest, exquisitely measured... inspiring in its reminder of the human spirit’s capacity to endure.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] astute study of family and place.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Upon reaching the final page and the start of Condé's journey to adulthood, readers will regret that this brief, colorful and lively remembrance has ended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A useful look at the psychological consequences of intolerance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cu\u003ePraise for Maryse Condé\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptional journey, Maryse Condé weaves an extremely luminous and poetic tale of a woman's transformations as she makes her way through many physical and mental landscapes. Maryse Condé gives us, as always, a remarkable story filled with striking revelations.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Edwidge Danticat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Condé is a masterly storyteller who also proves deft at reinterpretting other people's stories, as she shows here with this energetic reimagining of \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e here set in Cuba and Guadeloupe at the turn of the century.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"She creates a narrative that seduces, evokes and makes us think about the kinds of emotions that have moved human beings throughout our existence.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Exotic and eloquent.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“A confident and incisive Caribbeanization of a European master-text by a master novelist of African descent.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Condé has conjured up a tale of memory and legacy that is both lyrical and harrowing. A-.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaryse Condé\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eI, Tituba: Black Witch of Salem, Tree of Life, Crossing the Mangrove, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the African Kings\u003c\/i\u003e,  among others. She is the recipient of the prestigious French award, the  alternative Nobel Prize for literature, Le Grand Prix Littéraire de la  Femme, and a Guggenheim Fellow. She is a professor of French Caribbean  Literature at Columbia University. She and her husband Richard Philcox,  who masterfully translated \u003ci\u003eWindward Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, divide their time between New York City and Guadeloupe.","brand":"Soho Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300747596005,"sku":"NP9781569473474","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781569473474.jpg?v=1767737749","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/tales-from-the-heart-isbn-9781569473474","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}