{"product_id":"9781456886202","title":"American in Translation: A Novel in Three Novellas","description":"the Vietnam era to the present. Each novella represents a pivotal time in the life of  \u003cbr\u003eInmaculada, a young Spanish woman who has recently immigrated to the United  \u003cbr\u003eStates. American in Translation is Concha Alborg's first novel written in English.  \u003cbr\u003e\"Marine Corps Wife\" is told from Inma's point of view during the year when her  \u003cbr\u003ehusband is fighting in Vietnam while she is in a small midwestern college town  \u003cbr\u003ewith their newborn daughter. Much has been written about the Vietnam conflict  \u003cbr\u003efrom the point of view of the soldiers, but little from the female perspective  \u003cbr\u003eof the wife who, like Inma, is left behind, trying to keep her family together.  \u003cbr\u003e\"Spanish Daughter,\" told in a different voice, begins with the death of Inma's mother,  \u003cbr\u003ewhich reveals tensions and betrayals within her own family. In contrast with the  \u003cbr\u003emore liberated 1970s of American culture, Spain was suffering from growing pains  \u003cbr\u003eafter decades of a repressive government. Ironically, the personal and the political  \u003cbr\u003ebecome one since Franco is dying at the same time, and in the same hospital, as Inma's  \u003cbr\u003emother.  \u003cbr\u003eInma's true liberation comes in the third novella, \"American Woman,\" told through  \u003cbr\u003eher journals while traveling in Europe and the States and in direct conversations with  \u003cbr\u003eher therapist, who is helping Inma find the strength to divorce her husband. Finally,  \u003cbr\u003eInma emerges as a fully realized woman: at the personal level through a sexual and  \u003cbr\u003eemotional awakening and at the professional level through her work and her writing.  \u003cbr\u003eThe \"Translation\" in the title becomes emblematic of her transformation and the  \u003cbr\u003ecomplexities of American life.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158137127152,"sku":"9781456886202","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456886202_p0.jpg?v=1763865704","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456886202","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}