Anna in the Tropics

Anna in the Tropics | Style

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Though the language Cruz uses in Anna in the Tropics is more like common speech compared to that of his other works, it is nevertheless charged with poetry that creates what Randy Gener calls ‘‘a living image of the exile’s experience.’’ The rhythms of speech remain strong from beginning to end as Cruz occasionally presents his characters’ beliefs and interior states of mind through vivid metaphorical passages, such as the one in which Marela describes her dream of snow or when Marela and Juan Julian discuss the many different shades of light that exist...

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