How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
At that hour and in that loneliness, I hear her, a black furred thing lurking in the corners of my life, her magenta mouth opening, wailing over some violation that lies at the center of my art. (3.5.60)
Wow. Alvarez really knows how to end a novel! Yolanda is making a huge claim here—that the reason she writes now is because of a trauma that happened way back when she was a little kid. Check out our more in-depth discussion of this in the section "What's Up with the Ending?".