Libros de Judith Ortiz Cofer (2 libros)

Escalas los siete pisos hasta el oasis de la azotea, donde puedes pensar al ritmo de tu propia banda. Notas discordantes suben con el tráfico de las cinco, se suavizan con un bolero al ocaso. En compañía de las palomas observas a la gente allá abajo, que fluye, en corriente, cada uno está solo en medio de la multitud, cada uno es una isla como tú.

This is a Spanish-language edition of The Latin Deli, Judith Ortiz Cofer's prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems. A work rich in longing, love, and remembrance, El deli latino opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." The book was selected by Rita Dove, Ashley Montague, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to receive the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, which recognizes work that has made "important contributions to our understanding of racism or our appreciation of the rich diversity of...