Deconstructing the fundamentals of identity. This work of fusion moves beyond memoir to become a juggling act of reality and imagination. The narrative travels through melded panoramas of past and present, this country, the others, certainties and doubts. Inserts of fiction-revealing ties between life and writing-enhance the journey.
"Nina Barragan is not just a printmaker's daughter and a painter's wife, and her exquisite, intimate book is no mere memoir. Underneath the placidly ironic title, she explores the ways we sketch our illusions in life and fiction, as she takes her reader on a luminously insightful and captivating journey of a woman's self-scrutiny. Barragan is a quietly forceful writer, and her arresting tale tease
Ksenija Bilbija, Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Wisconsin-Madis
"The Printmaker's Daughter, Painter's Wife juxtaposes various personal experiences while also weaving in a few short fiction pieces, demonstrating how life often informs art."
