Book · 2019 · New York Times reviewed
What You Have Heard Is True
Why people recommend it
What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forche is a memoir documenting a poet's formative experiences in El Salvador on the brink of civil war. Jonathan Blitzer recommended What You Have Heard Is True by Carolyn Forche on The Ezra Klein Show as his second book recommendation. Blitzer described the work as a memoir written by Carolyn Forche, recounting how she was living in El Salvador at the age of twenty-seven when the period marking the start of what became the Salvadorian civil war unfolded. He characterized the book as a reflection on what that tumultuous period was like for her personally. Furthermore, Blitzer praised the memoir as being both incredibly haunting and beautiful, conveying the emotional weight and literary resonance of the author's encounters with political violence and historical upheaval during her time in Central America.
Who recommended it
- Jonathan Blitzer Recommended
Jonathan Blitzer — 1 mention
“Um my second recommendation is a memoir by Carolyn Forche called What You Have Heard Is True. Um when she was 27, she was living in El Salvador at the start of what became the Salvadorian civil war. And it's sort of a reflection on what that period was like for her. It's incredibly haunting and beautiful.”