{"product_id":"days-of-awe-9780345441546","title":"Days of Awe","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"RICH AND SONOROUS PROSE . . . There's plenty of reason to hope for the future of a fiction that welcomes writers with such a passionate sense of the past.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-San Jose Mercury News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn New Year's Day, 1959, Alejandra San Jos  was born in Havana, entering the world through the heart of revolution. Fearing the turmoil brewing in Cuba, her parents took Ale and fled to the shores of North America-ending up in Chicago amid a close community of Cuban refugees. As an adult, Ale becomes an interpreter, which takes her back to her homeland for the first time. There, she makes her way back through San Jos  history, uncovering new fragments of truth about the relatives who struggled with their own identities so long ago. For the San Jos s, ostensibly Catholics, are actually Jews. They are \u003ci\u003econversos\u003c\/i\u003e who converted to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition. As Alejandra struggles to confront what it is to be Cuban and American, Catholic and Jewish, she translates her father's troubling youthful experiences into the healing language of her own heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lyrically written, \u003ci\u003eDays of Awe\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the way Cuban Spanish is spoken with poetic rhythm and frankness.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e-Ms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ambitious work . . . A deft talent whose approach to sex, religion, and ethnicity is keenly provocative.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"With intelligent, intense writing, Obejas approaches . . . the heady climes of Cuban American stalwarts Oscar Hijuelos and Cristina Garcia.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345441546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLambda Book Report\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Achy Obejas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44902136283317,"sku":"9780345441546","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d039ac1e-e6e6-4269-9c4a-94612af3f752.jpg?v=1733813355","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/days-of-awe-9780345441546","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}