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story of my life: the autobiography of George Sand.
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More than an autobiography of an extraordinary woman, it is also the story of a century of French history as lived through the experiences and fates of three generations, the tumultuous history of the birth of modern France, and the transformation of a society.
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More than an autobiography of an extraordinary woman, it is also the story of a century of French history as lived through the experiences and fates of three generations, the tumultuous history of the birth of modern France, and the transformation of a society.

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Thelma Jurgrau of SUNY organized and edited this group translation of Sand's voluminous autobiography.

About Maria

MARIA ESPINOSA is a novelist, poet, and translator as well as a teacher. Her publications include four novels : Incognito: Journey of a Secret Jew, Dark Plums, Longing, which won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, and Dying Unfinished, which received...

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Published Reviews

May.09.2008

Longing by Maria Espinosa. Arte Publico Press, Houston:1995. This is one of the finest pyschological novels I have read. It is a highly complex story of the relationship between a young Jewish woman and her...

May.10.2008

“. . . A richly textured story in which Alfonso and his family struggle to retain their values and traditions in the face of relentless and bloody persecution. . . . It is a family in which every aspect of...