![]() ![]() ![]() She was one of the earliest writers to criticise the dominance of the fruit companies. She was a teacher and the founder of Costa Rica’s first Montessori school and she was a co-founder of the Communist Party of Costa Rica. Carmen Lyra was the pseudonym of the first major female Costa Rican writer, María Isabel Carvaja Quesada. ![]() Want to read En una silla de ruedas? I read this on my kindle.Ĭarmen Lyra was born in 1888. I chose this quote because it reminded me of something my husband said in his speech on our wedding day, that I give his life colour. Parece como si alguien hubiera bañado la vida en ese color que tienen los campos cuando el sol está saliendo. “ “¿Sabés cómo es para mí querer a Diego, Sergio? It took me a while to get used to the Costa Rican Spanish but a sweet book which I enjoyed.Ĭhildhood, identity, perseverance, family, friendship and music.Ĭarmen Lyra was the founder of Costa Rica’s first Montessori school. It was first published in 1918 and tells the story of Sergio, a disabled child confined to a wheelchair (una silla de ruedas in Spanish) and his adopted cousin, Ana María, they spend time living and growing up together as children. ![]()
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