Esmeralda (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Roberta Fernández
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1958
- Setting: Texas
- Principal Characters: Verónica Luna, Isela, Cristina, Amanda, Leonor, Alfredo, Nenita
- Genres: Short fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Teenagers, Love or romance, Marriage, West, U.S., Beauty, Pregnancy, Rape, Fame, Kidnapping, Models, fashion, Texas
- Locales: Texas
The Story
Verónica, a great beauty of eighteen, is a member of an extended family living in her great-aunt Leonor's house in Texas. She works as a model in a theater, where she simply sits in a booth, her beauty framed by “a round glass house.” The narrator, Nenita, first meets her when Verónica and her mother come to live at Leonor's house. Nenita is curious about Verónica because she is so quiet and has a mysterious air. Nenita senses that there is something about Verónica that the family is leaving unspoken. Even more intriguing is the fact that Verónica never...
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