Esperando a Lolo

by Ana Lydia Vega

Book by Ana Lydia Vega

111 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Recipient of both the Premio Juan Rulfo (1982) and the Premio Casa de las Américas (1981). Vega belongs to a generation of Puerto Rican writers that has integrated into their writing mordant reflections on the ambiguous political status of their island nation. Ana Lydia Vega pursued an academic career as a professor of both French literature and Caribbean studies at the same time that she became an accomplished author.

Reviews

[Carlos Mock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Esperando a Lolo by Ana Lydia Vega Spanish Version

This is a collection of fourteen essays and articles published in Spanish newspapers from 1985 to 1994. Ms. Vega deals with growing up in Puerto Rico in the fifties and sixties. Themes vary from the Puerto Rican Identity to feminism to domestic violence.

The book is narrated from the first person point of view and it reads quickly -- it took but two hours to read. I enjoyed the narrative, in part because it reminded me of my own personal experiences growing up in Puerto Rico; and in part because of our shared values and identity crises.

For anyone who wants to reminisce about what Puerto Rico was, where it is, and where it's going this is a wonderful little book.

[Jorge Camuñas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me transportó a las calles de santurce! Fantástico!

[María Burgos Carradero · Rating 5 out of 5]

A mí me encantó, a mi mamá más y a las dos, leyéndolo juntas nos acercó muchísimo. Agradecida confirmo que este libro es un palo! Súper recomendado.