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- catalog abstract ""In telling her own story, and in trying to reconcile the three worlds that have shaped her life and thought, Lucia Graves has given us a classic woman's memoir and a profound meditation on language and the mystery of identity. On nearly every page, however, this very personal book opens into something larger - an act of historical witness and a many-voiced testimony of Spain in the twentieth century. As she traces the patterns of love, sacrifice and female forbearance that have marked her own life, the author also draws unforgettable portraits of several Spanish women she has known and loved, among them Jimena, a Republican sympathizer whose family suffered terribly for their convictions, Sister Valentina, the teacher who felt it her godly mission to bring Lucia into the Catholic fold, and Olga, Lucia's Latvian dance instructor, an anti-communist who found shelter in Majorca after the Second World War."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11915685.
- catalog coverage "Spain Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Spain Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""In telling her own story, and in trying to reconcile the three worlds that have shaped her life and thought, Lucia Graves has given us a classic woman's memoir and a profound meditation on language and the mystery of identity. On nearly every page, however, this very personal book opens into something larger - an act of historical witness and a many-voiced testimony of Spain in the twentieth century. As she traces the patterns of love, sacrifice and female forbearance that have marked her own life, the author also draws unforgettable portraits of several Spanish women she has known and loved, among them Jimena, a Republican sympathizer whose family suffered terribly for their convictions, Sister Valentina, the teacher who felt it her godly mission to bring Lucia into the Catholic fold, and Olga, Lucia's Latvian dance instructor, an anti-communist who found shelter in Majorca after the Second World War."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Arrival -- The fisherman's tale -- The midwife -- Water-fairies and altars -- The prima ballerina -- Jimena -- Sister Valentina -- Raining in my heart -- The translation class -- Persephone in the underworld -- A musician's wife -- The valley of the dogs -- Sepharad -- The queen who never was -- Objective Burma! -- Departure.".
- catalog extent "273 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1582430977 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Counterpoint,".
- catalog spatial "Spain Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Spain Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "946.08/082 21".
- catalog subject "CT1358.G69 A3 2000".
- catalog subject "Graves, Lucia.".
- catalog subject "Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Arrival -- The fisherman's tale -- The midwife -- Water-fairies and altars -- The prima ballerina -- Jimena -- Sister Valentina -- Raining in my heart -- The translation class -- Persephone in the underworld -- A musician's wife -- The valley of the dogs -- Sepharad -- The queen who never was -- Objective Burma! -- Departure.".
- catalog title "A woman unknown : voices from a Spanish life / Lucia Graves.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".