Bibliograph

High spirits, Camille Gomera-Tavarez

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High spirits, Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

860, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

High spirits

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dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5

Responsibility statement

Camille Gomera-Tavarez

Summary

High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity. But most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years

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