ESPINOSA, Maria

Dark Plums [Review Copy]

Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1995. First Edition. A review copy, with the publisher's slip laid in. Octavo; illustrated card wrappers; 221,[3]pp. A Fine, unread copy.

An "exploration of a young woman's search for love and self in Manhattan. Set in the late 1950s, Adrianne, a young girl from Texas, wanders the city and has sex indiscriminately with strangers. Her relationship with a Cuban-American artist, Alfredo, leads to further degradation as she agrees to work as a hooker in order to support his work as a painter. His treatment of her becomes increasingly brutal, and her suffering becomes so intense that she breaks down. But she ultimately emerges with the strength to leave him" (from rear wrapper).

Price: $15.00

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