Summary
Karen Nieto passed her earliest years a feral child, left alone to wander the vast beach property near her family failing tuna cannery in Mazatlan, Mexico. When her mother dies, Karen's long-kept family secret is revealed. What to do with the troubled and autistic Karen? Full description
Summary: |
Karen Nieto passed her earliest years a feral child, left alone to wander the vast beach property near her family failing tuna cannery in Mazatlan, Mexico. When her mother dies, Karen's long-kept family secret is revealed. What to do with the troubled and autistic Karen? |
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Item Description: |
Originally published in Mexico and Spain in 2010 under the title Mujer que buceó dentro del corazón del mundo by Editorial Planeta, Mexico, and Ediciones Destino, Spain. |
Physical Description: |
242 p. 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780805093254 : 0805093257 : |
Author Notes: |
Sabina Berman is a four-time winner of the Mexican National Theatre Prize for her plays; she also writes filmscripts, poetry, prose, and journalism, and has published several novellas. Me, Who Dove into the Heart of the World , which will be published in twenty-five territories, is her first novel. She lives in Mexico. Lisa Dillman teaches in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Emory University and has translated numerous works of fiction by Argentine, Mexican, Catalan, and Spanish writers. She lives in Decatur, Georgia. |