and the shadows took him: A Novel - Brossura

Chacon, Daniel

Brossura

ISBN 10: 074346639X ISBN 13: 9780743466394

Casa editrice: Washington Square Press, 2005

Riassunto

Moving his family from their barrio neighborhood when he gets a better job, William Molina finds their Latino background proving a challenge in their new community and reacts with a combination of rage and machismo that threatens his family's security. By the author of Chicano Chicanery. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"[A] memorable family portrait which demonstrates incredible insight into the dark side of fitting in."
--El Paso Times (#1 bestseller)

"and the shadows took him [is] full of electricity. There's wit here, and suspense, and something even more valuable: plain old wisdom....[O]ne of the most exciting novelistic debuts in a long, long time."
--Steve Yarbrough, author of Oxygen Man and Visible Spirits

"The plot extends like a dead man's arm into a dysfunctional family's life."
--San Antonio Express-News

Product Description:

In the barrio of Fresno, California, the Molina family is living out the Chicano version of the American Dream. Father William works on an assembly line while his wife, the well-bred beauty Rachel, stays at home to care for their three children--and to keep them off the streets. But when William is offered an opportunity to enter the ranks of the middle class, he quits his job, packs up the Ford Maverick, and transports the Molinas to a brand-new world: the small town of Medford, Oregon. So begins the dramatic transformation of youngest son and aspiring actor Joey, who assumes the role of a "vato loco" gang member in order to win the respect and fear of his "gringo" classmates. While Joey tries to make himself popular with tall tales of guns and glory, his father embarks on a bitter struggle to develop his career and combat age-old cultural stereotypes. How William's extraordinary efforts and deepening despair affect the lives of his loved ones is at the heart of this haunting and incandescent novel--one destined to become a classic in Chicano-American literature.

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• Editore: Washington Square Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 074346639X
• ISBN 13: 9780743466394
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352