Passage1 Withhermagicalfirstnovel,Garciajoinsagrowingchorusofta

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." WhatcanbedrawnfromVillasenor′sexperience

A.Some editors of mainstream publishers are critical.

B.Many Latino writers were mostly favored by small presses.

C."Rain of Gold" was going to be one of the first Chicano books.

D."Rain of Gold" was intended to be published as a novel by the author.

正确答案是A