Paper Fish

by Tina De Rosa and Tina DeRosa

Book Overview

New edition of "an extraordinary novel by the Zora Neale Hurston of Italian American Culture."--LA Times This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558611452
• ISBN13: 9781558611450
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

luminous and moving

This book reminds me of The House on Mango Street in its poetic sense and how the story does not flow chronologically. It's beautifully done and the imagery is striking. It is more developed as a story (than Mango Street), with more consistent character development as well. It is well worth hanging in there after the initial adjustment to the timeline, or lack thereof. It can be hard to take, emotionally, especially if you have a child like Doriana. But it is beautiful, graceful and moving.

an intellectual challenge, a soul's treat

for lovers of toni morrison, for lovers of fiction that vibrates your imagination...this book is truly amazing. a story of a young girl growing up in an italian-catholic neighborhood in chicago. the book does not run in a linear fashion timewise, so don't be worried if you are confused at first. stick with it...the payoff is huge intellectually and emotionally. the imagery and characters are the work of a master.