"If only I could get to that place": Tragedy and the American Dream in Cristina Henriquez's "The Book of Unknown Americans"
- UNCA Author/Contributor (non-UNCA co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Cara A. Forbes (Creator)
- Institution
- University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA )
- Web Site: http://library.unca.edu/
- Advisor
- Kirk Boyle
Abstract: In Cristina Henriquez's "The Book of Unknown Americans", the theme of the American Dream unfulfilled forms the crux of the characters' tragedies. In this paper, the author examines this theme, and the ambivalent readers response that the narratives cause.
"If only I could get to that place": Tragedy and the American Dream in Cristina Henriquez's "The Book of Unknown Americans"
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- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2018
- Keywords
- Cristina Henriquez, American Dream, immigration, multiple narrators, tragedy