Passage1 Withhermagicalfirstnovel,GarciajoinsagrowingchorusoftalentedLatinowriterswhosevoicesaresuddenlyreachingafarwider,morediverseaudience.UnlikeLatinAmericanwriterssuchasColombia′sGabrielGarciaMarqueeofPeru′sMarioVargasLlosa--whosetranslatedworksbecamepopularhereinthe1970s--theseauthorsarewritinginEnglishanddrawingtheirthemesfromtwocultures.Theirstories,from"DreaminginCuban"toJuliaAlvarez′s"HowtheGarciaGirlsLostTheirAccent"andVictorVillasenor′s"RainofGold",offerinsightintothemixtureofeconomicopportunityanddiscriminationthatLatinosencounterintheUnitedStates. "GarciaGirls"forexample,isthestoryoffoursistersweatheringtheirtransitionfromwealthyDominicanstoragtagimmigrants,"Wedidn′tfeelwehadthebeattheUnitedStateshadtooffer,"oneofthegirlssays,"Wehadonlysecond-handstuff,rentalhousesinoneredneckCatholicneighborhoodafteranother,clothesatRoundRobin,ablackandwhiteTVafflictedwithwavylines."Alvarez,aMiddleburyCollegeprofessorWhoemigratedfromSantoDomingowhenshewas10,saysbeinganimmigranthasgivenheraspecialvantagepoint:"Wetravelonthatborderbetweentwoworldsandwecanseebothpointsofview." Withfewexceptions,suchasChicanowriterRudolfoAnaya,manyHispanic-Americanshavebeenwritinginvirtualobscurityforyears,nurturedonlybysmallpresseslikeHouston′sArtePublicoortheBilingualPressinTempe,Ariz.OnlywiththerecentsuccessofSandraCisneros′s"WomanHolleringCreek"andOscarHijuelos′sprize-winningnovel,"TheMamboKingsPlaySongsofLove,"havemainstreampublishersbegunopeningdoortootherLatinos.JulieGrau,Cisneros′seditoratTurtleBay,says,"Editorsmaynowbelookingmorecarefullyatabookthatbeforetheywouldhavedeemedtooexoticforthegeneralreadership." ButifVillasenor′sexperienceisanyindication,someeditorsarestillwary.In1989,PutnamgaveVillasenora$75,000advanceforthehardcoverrightsto"RainofGold,"thecompellingsagaofhisfamily′smigrationfromMexicotoCalifornia.Buttheeditors,saysVillasenor,wantedmajorchanges:"Theyweregoingtodestroythebook.It′snonfiction;theywantedtopublishitasanovel. Andtheywantedtochangethetitleto′RioGrande,′whichsoundedlikesomeoldJohnWaynemovie."Afterayearofstrainedrelations,hemortgagedhishouse,borrowedhismother′slifesavingsandboughtbacktherightstothebookthathadtaken10yearstowrite. Infrustration,VillasenorturnedtoArtePublico.Intheeightmonthssinceitsrelease,"RainofGold"hasdoneextremelywell,consideringitslimiteddistribution;20,000copieshavebeensold. "Ifwewereamainstreampublisher,thisbookwouldhavebeenonTheNewYorkTimesbest-sellerlistforweeks,"saysArtePulico′sNicolasKanelos.Theauthormaystillhaveashot:hehassoldthepaperbackrightstoDell.Andhewasjustnamedakeynotespeaker(withMollyIvinsandNormanSchwarzkop0fortheAmericanBooksellersAssociationconventioninMay.Longbeforetheygainedthissortofattention,however,Villasenor,CisnerosandotherLatinowriterswerequietlybuildingdevotedfollowings.Crossingthecountry,theyreadinlocalbookstores,librariesandschools.Theirstories,theyfound,appealnotonlytoLatinos--whoidentifywiththem,buttoasurprisingnumberofAnglos,whofindinthemarefreshinglydifferentperspectiveonAmericanlife. Still,thereareunusualpressuresonthesewriters.Cisnerosvividlyrecallstheangstshewentthroughinwritingthefinalshortstoriesfor"WomanHollering":"IwastraumatizedthatitwasgoingtobeoneofthefirstChicanobooks′outthere.′IfeltIhadthisresponsibilitytomycommunitytorepresentusinallourdiversity." WhichofthefollowingistrueofGarciaasaLatinowriteraccordingtothepassage
A.She offered insight into the confrontations between two cultures. B.She emigrated from Santo Domingo when she was 10 years old. C.She became popular for her translated works in America in the 1970s. D.She described her transition from wealthy Dominicans to ragtag immigrants.正确答案A
