{"product_id":"the-memory-of-silencememoria-del-silencio","title":"The Memory of Silence\/Memoria del silencio","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction. Latino\/Latina Studies. Womens Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Jeffrey C. Barnett. Edited by Paula Sanmartin and Maria di Franscesco. Second place winner  2016 International Latino Book Award for Best Novel  Historical FictionBilingual or Spanish. A metaphor of a nation and its Diaspora  this bilingual edition of THE MEMORY OF SILENCE\/MEMORIA DEL SILENCIO transcends the Cuban reality and becomes a story of universal breadth  a triumph of love and family over distance and politics. In 1959  at the age of 18  the twin sisters Lauri and Menchu share a common past  but their lives abruptly take on seemingly irreconcilable differences as Lauri leaves with her groom for Miami and Menchu remains in Havana. The text  then  becomes a series of interpolated chronicles  as each alternating chapter recounts one sisters life and then the other until finally in the present  now reunited  the sisters must confront the pain of the past and as well as the promise of the future. The novels theme of reconciliation presents a refreshing message  and a timely one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984156225589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0982786042","price":91.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780982786048.jpg?v=1770824867","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-memory-of-silencememoria-del-silencio","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}