Face - (Complete Works of Cecile Pineda) 2nd Edition by Cecile Pineda (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Finalist for the Neustadt Prize"--Cover.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When it was first published in 1985, <i>Face</i> met with critical acclaim and established Cecile Pineda among the very first Latina writers in the United States to be published by a major New York house. This new expanded edition, which marks the announcement of <i>Face </i>as a 2013 Neustadt Prize finalist, features a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning author J. M. Coetzee and a never-before-published interview with the author conducted by Dr. Francisco Lomelí. The novel--based on an actual event--tracks the fortunes of Helio Cara, a poor but brilliant Brazilian man. When he hears that his mother is dying, Helio rushes from his shack in one of Rio de Janeiro's <i>favelas</i> to the local telegraph office, only to fall down a steep hillside and literally lose his face, and in turn his identity. He rapidly loses his job, his lover, and his friends--his neighbor's go so far as to burn down his shack--and flees to the Brazilian interior to live as an outcast in his mother's tiny house. Pineda deftly, hauntingly records Helio Cara's decision to perform self-surgery, using only novocaine, to reconstruct his face and identity. This compelling metaphor for identity, already taught in American and Latino literature courses in numerous universities, stands ready to engross a new generation of readers.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Cecile Pineda is an American original, a literary treasure, and her prodigiously inventive and important work . . . deserves a place in the forefront of American literature. <i> --Bloomsbury Review</i><br><br>"A poetic, hallucinatory work, finely and sparely written." --<i>Newsday </i><br><br>"There is an immediacy to her narrative, combined with images that startle our senses, that leave us haunted." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Cecile Pineda </b>is the author of several novels, including <i>Devil's Tango</i>, <i> Fishlight: A Dream of Childhood</i>, <i>Frieze</i>, <i> </i>and <i>Love Queen of the Amazon</i>. She is the recipient of the Californian Commonwealth Club's Gold Medal, the Sue Kaufman Prize, and a National Book Award nomination. She lives in Berkeley, California. <b>J. M. Coetzee</b> is the Booker- and Nobel Prize-winning author of numerous books, including <i>Disgrace</i>, <i>Foe</i>, <i>Life & Times of Michael K</i>, and <i>Waiting for the Barbarians</i>.
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