Leaving Tabasco

by Carmen Boullosa (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.50

  Delmira is brought up by her mother and grandmother in an unaffectionate all-female household. She has a wicked sense of humour and a vivid imagination. Agustini, her home village, is not an ordinary place: it is a world in which Delmira sees her grandmother floating above the bed when she sleeps; where stones turn into water; where torrential rains can be bought at a travelling fair during the dry season; and where her family's elderly serving woman develops a stigmata, then disappears. As Delmira grows into a woman she embarks on a quest to find the missing stranger who is her father, and makes a decision that forces her to leave home forever. Carmen Boullosa's novel sparkles with the spirit of its irrepressible heroine and the invention of a fairy tale. Like a magical dream, Leaving Tabasco, will stay with its readers long after they have woken from its spell.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $11.31

  Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's most acclaimed young writers, and Leaving Tabasco tells of the coming-of-age of Delmira Ulloa, raised in an all-female home in Agustini, in the Mexican province of Tabasco. The Washington Post Book World wrote, We happily share with [Delmira] ... her life, including the infinitely charming town she inhabits [and] her grandmother's fantastic imagination. In Agustini it is not unusual to see your grandmother float above the bed when she sleeps, or to purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair, or to watch your family's elderly serving woman develop stigmata, then disappear completely, to be canonized as a local saint. As Delmira becomes a woman she will search for her missing father, and will make a choice that will force her to leave home forever. Brimming with the spirit of its irrepressible heroine, Leaving Tabasco is a story of great charm and depth that will remain in its readers' hearts for a long time. Carmen Boullosa ... immerses us once again in her wickedly funny and imaginative world. -- Dolores Prida, Latina To flee Agustini is to leave not just a town but the viscerally primal dreamscape it represents. -- Sandra Tsing Loh, The New York Times Book Review A vibrant coming-of-age tale ... Boullosa [is] a master.... Each chapter is an adventure. -- Monica L. Williams, The Boston Globe

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $17.93

  Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's most acclaimed young writers, and Leaving Tabasco tells of the coming-of-age of Delmira Ulloa, raised in an all-female home in Agustini, in the Mexican province of Tabasco. The Washington Post Book World wrote, We happily share with [Delmira] ... her life, including the infinitely charming town she inhabits [and] her grandmother's fantastic imagination. In Agustini it is not unusual to see your grandmother float above the bed when she sleeps, or to purchase torrential rains at a traveling fair, or to watch your family's elderly serving woman develop stigmata, then disappear completely, to be canonized as a local saint. As Delmira becomes a woman she will search for her missing father, and will make a choice that will force her to leave home forever. Brimming with the spirit of its irrepressible heroine, Leaving Tabasco is a story of great charm and depth that will remain in its readers' hearts for a long time. Carmen Boullosa ... immerses us once again in her wickedly funny and imaginative world. -- Dolores Prida, Latina To flee Agustini is to leave not just a town but the viscerally primal dreamscape it represents. -- Sandra Tsing Loh, The New York Times Book Review A vibrant coming-of-age tale ... Boullosa [is] a master.... Each chapter is an adventure. -- Monica L. Williams, The Boston Globe