The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez Hardcover Book

Description: The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez Literary icon and great American novelist Julia Alvarez, bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies and How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, returns with a luminescent novel about storytelling that reads like an instant classic. "Only an alchemist as wise and sure as Alvarez could swirl the elements of folklore and the flavor of magical realism around her modern prose and make it all sing . . . Lively, joyous . . . often witty, occasionally somber and elegiac." --Luis Alberto Urrea, The New York Times Book Review "Engaging and written in a playful, crystal-clear prose, this novel explores friendship, love, sisterhood, living between cultures, and how people can be haunted by the things they dont finish . . . Entertaining . . . Heartwarming." --Gabino Iglesias, The Boston Globe **Named a Most Anticipated Book by the New York Times, Washington Post, Today.com, Goodreads, B&N Reads, Literary Hub, HipLatina, BookPage, BBC.com, Zibby Mag, and more** Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart of The Cemetery of Untold Stories, doesnt want to end up like her friend, a novelist who fought so long and hard to finish a book that it threatened her sanity. So when Alma inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, her homeland, she has the beautiful idea of turning it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for the manuscript drafts and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace. But they have other ideas and soon begin to defy their author: they talk back to her and talk to one another behind her back, rewriting and revising themselves. Filomena, a local woman hired as the groundskeeper, becomes a sympathetic listener to the secret tales unspooled by Almas characters. Among them, Bienvenida, dictator Rafael Trujillos abandoned wife who was erased from the official history, and Manuel Cruz, a doctor who fought in the Dominican underground and escaped to the United States. The Cemetery of Untold Stories asks: Whose stories get to be told, and whose buried? Finally, Alma finds the meaning she and her characters yearn for in the everlasting vitality of stories. Julia Alvarez reminds us that the stories of our lives are never truly finished, even at the end. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Julia Alvarez left the Dominican Republic for the United States in 1960 at the age of ten. She is the author of six novels, three books of nonfiction, three collections of poetry, and eleven books for children and young adults. She has taught and mentored writers in schools and communities across America and, until her retirement in 2016, was a writer in residence at Middlebury College. Her work has garnered wide recognition, including a Latina Leader Award in Literature from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, the Hispanic Heritage Award in Literature, the Woman of the Year by Latina magazine, and inclusion in the New York Public Librarys program "The Hand of the Poet: Original Manuscripts by 100 Masters, from John Donne to Julia Alvarez." In the Time of the Butterflies, with over one million copies in print, was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts for its national Big Read program, and in 2013 President Obama awarded Alvarez the National Medal of Arts in recognition of her extraordinary storytelling. In 2024, she was profiled in the American Masters documentary, "Julia Alvarez: A Life Reimagined," on PBS. Review "Stories are for comfort, for survival, for self-examination, for relationship; and at the end of all these purposes, stories seem to be, in Alvarezs novel, our very life... if you enjoy this collection of intertwining stories, then, for Alvarez you become one more proof that we are--and need to be--story creatures."--America Magazine"I loved her most recent book, The Cemetery of Untold Stories... Its a really wonderful book. I highly recommend it. There is a wisdom that I believe only comes with age and experience. Alvarezs most recent books makes me feel hopeful that my best books are yet to come."--Angie Cruz, PBS American Masters, "Angie Cruz talks Julia Alvarez and the search for Dominican-American identity"**Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by the New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, Today.com, People.com, Goodreads, Literary Hub, BookPage, BBC.com, Book Riot, and Zibby Mag** ** A Good Morning America Buzz Pick** **The September 2024 PBS Readers Book Club Selection** "Julia Alvarez is one of the great novelists of our time, a master of magical realism... The theme of untold stories as a haunting is one that drew me right in, and I loved every page."--Book Riot, "New Magical Realism Books to Read Right Now""Reads like the work of a seasoned writer coming to terms with her life and work--all its accomplishments and disappointments, hopes and resignations. Theres a wistful quality in the telling ... anyone interested in the alchemy of storytelling would do well to look at this book."--U.S. Catholic"A graceful book about the stories that haunt us."--Bookmarks"Unforgettable. The central premise here -- a graveyard for unfinished books -- is delicious and sets off a novel full of people remembering and revising their own stories." --USA Today"One of the most prominent Latina voices in contemporary literature."--Enlace Latino NC"Its a story thats both languorous and urgent... [Alvarez] continues her luminous virtuosity with the story of Alma Cruz. There is always something magical to discover in a story, and that is especially true in Alvarezs landing place."--NPR.org"The confluence of many different viewpoints, and the fugue-like shifts among perspectives, give the Cemetery of Untold Stories a spellbinding breadth and historical range. Stylistically, Alvarezs writing is intricate and assured."--Seven Days"A funny, life-affirming novel about storytelling, friendship and death from the author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents." - April Edition--B&N Reads"Alvarez is a masterful writer; there are many things to love in this book."--Portland Book Review"A Dominican author buries her unfinished manuscripts--but her characters are unwilling to go gently into that good night, in Julia Alvarezs inventive latest."--Vanity Fair, 11 Books to Read This Month"The latest by literary legend Julia Alvarez... this imaginative book will make you think about legacies and how they live on."--Real Simple, These Are the Best Books of 2024 (So Far)"The Cemetery of Untold Stories is magical realism at its finest, and just plain magical."--Amazon"A captivating premise."--BookPage, Most Anticipated Books of 2024"A powerful and lyrical allegory about an older artist haunted by her own creativity. Alvarez has a wonderful way of being both lyrical and precisely concrete at the same time. Magical and multifaceted, this meditation on creativity, culture and aging is a triumph."--Carole V. Bell, BookPage (Starred Review)"A writer in the Dominican Republic buries her work -- in the dirt, not in drawers -- in this fantastical novel by the beloved author of In the Time of the Butterflies."--Washington Post, 2024 Books Preview"Engaging and written in a playful, crystal-clear prose, this novel explores friendship, love, sisterhood, living between cultures, and how people can be haunted by the things they dont finish. A literary pioneer known for breaking ground in terms of centering the experiences of Latinx women and writing bilingually, Alvarez does so again here... entertaining... At the end, one message remains: Alvarez has seen it all as an author, but her love for telling stories remains as big as ever. Heartwarming."--Gabino Igelsias, The Boston Globe"Julia Alvarez enchants with a supernatural story... [Her] seventh novel, The Cemetery of Untold Stories, beautifully illuminates the experience of an artists twilight years...simply genius. Her writing is infused with lyricism and metaphor, but its also engrossing and accessible." --BookPage"Julia Alvarez made history in 1991 with her novel How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent. Thirty three years later and shes still delivering the goods, in this case a beguilingstory set in the Dominican Republic. Its a cross of Lincoln In The Bardo and the very real history of the DR, perfect for fans of Alvarezs magic."--Parade.com"Mesmerizing... Alvarezs novel poignantly explores themes of storytelling, memory, and the resilience of narratives that refuse to be buried, emphasizing that our stories persist beyond our lifetimes."--HispanicExecutive.com"Only an alchemist as wise and sure as Alvarez could swirl the elements of folklore and the flavor of magical realism around her modern prose and make it all sing... lively, joyous, full of modern details and old tall tales... often witty, occasionally somber and elegiac."--Luis Alberto Urrea, The New York Times Book Review"The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez glows with life. What emerges is a rich story of Dominican history, full of lush prose and quick wit, of love and loss, that Alvarez skillfully weaves back to Almas story in the present. Stories, it seems, find a way to get themselves told. Lets hope Alvarez has more to tell."--Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times"Warm and graceful... a riveting story... In the richness of Alvarezs book... "The Cemetery of Untold Stories" proves to be an imaginative celebration of living, oral traditions, and our capacity even outside the gates of publishing, to bring our stories of the past into the future."--Anita Felicelli, Los Angeles Times Book Review"A magical new novel focused on storytelling itself."--Literary Hub"Dominican-American novelist Julia Alvarez has occasionally flirted with magical realism throughout her career--but in The Cemetery of Untold Stories she takes it to Gabriel García Márquez levels, and the result is sublime... Always a master of atmosphere, Alvarez has created a mysterious yet fully realized setting for a story that examines how we create our stories--and how they inevitably intertwine."--Apple"Julia Alvarez has been one of the most successful and acclaimed Latina writers since the 1990s... In a brilliant fusion of the personal and the political, Alvarezs characters are haunted by both their own memories and the lingering memory of Trujillos regime."--Bustle"Julia Alvarezs novels have stunned us for years and her newest is no exception."--B&N Reads"Like How the García Girls Lost Their Accents, Alvarezs pathbreaking novel from 1991, her new book explores sisterhood, immigration and return, and family secrets."--Washington Post"Mystical and moving, The Cemetery of Untold Stories shows why some stories must be told no matter how hard you try to bury them."--TIME.com"Read it if: You like your fantasy stories with a literary-fiction twist"--Fangirlish.com"A spellbinding, unforgettable ride for readers... This multi-layered, rich novel about storytelling and the stories we tell ourselves to cope with lifes many struggles is a feat the acclaimed Alvarez has rightfully mastered."--DominicanWriters.com"A rich and moving saga of Dominican history emerges, embodied in the lives of irresistible characters... Her gifts for glowing prose and powerful narrative are still strong. Buried stories find their way to the light in this finely crafted novel."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Alvarez brings the magic again in this nesting box of a novel. These tales... are linked in surprising ways, most especially in a humanity that transcends pathos and passion. May Alvarez continue to excavate stories for many years to come!"--Booklist (starred review)"Uplifting... Throughout, Alvarez seamlessly melds magical realism with heartfelt character portraits. This brims with the intoxicating power of storytelling."--Publishers Weekly"Mystifying, compelling, and often wryly funny... Julia Alvarez delivers a lyrical, thought-provoking meditation on truth, complicated family narratives, and the question of whose stories get told."--Shelf Awareness"In this imaginative new novel from critically acclaimed literary icon Julia Alvarez, untold stories are buried in a graveyard and laid to rest ... until the characters decide to revolt."--Today.com"Julia Alvarezs The Cemetery of Untold Stories is a really innovative and unique tale about a writer who literally tries to bury her draft manuscripts but fails to stop them coming to life."--BBC.com"This new novel from the legendary author of In the Time of Butterflies is about a writer who decides to literally bury all her unfinished stories in a plot of inherited land. But the words still speak to her, even from beyond their grave."--Book Riot"The Cemetery of Untold Stories asks us to consider if our tales will last forever or if they might one day be forever lost. Yet there is nothing to fear or lament in this reality--not when we are soothed by the balm of Alvarezs tender wit and her large-hearted candor. What a blessing to have one of our finest writers assure us that indeed we are in this story together." --Manuel Muñoz, author of The Consequences"Julia Alvarezs thought-provoking and powerful The Cemetery of Untold Stories is a balancing act of the everyday and the magical, a blend of history and cuento. Through imperfect characters longing for love and fighting against el olvido, we are reminded that each of us is capable of terrible cruelty or incredible compassion, and that stories have the power to bring us together." --Jaquira Díaz, author of Ordinary Girls"What a love letter not only to storytelling, but also to the tender, urgent, funny, heartbreaking reasons we tell stories in the first place. This cemetery is a fertile field of rebirth, reawakening, and joy. Every page overflows with delight and wisdom." --Stacey DErasmo, author of The Complicities"Julia Alvarez delivers yet another glorious novel, this time about a very unique kind of love--the love of storytelling. Scheherazade-like, Alvarez keeps us hooked with surprising plot twists and revelations, and characters so captivating that we want to get lost in the corridors of their tales. Simply stated, this book is magical." --Rigoberto González, director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing, Rutgers University, and author of To the Boy Who Was Night: Poems Selected and New Details ISBN1643753843 Author Julia Alvarez Pages 256 Publisher Algonquin Books Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781643753843 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-04-02 Imprint Algonquin Books Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 813.54 Audience General US Release Date 2024-04-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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