The Book of Unknown Americans (CD Audiobook) - 9780804191425
Un libro in lingua di Cristina Henriquez Avila Christine (NRT) Rodriguez Ozzie (NRT) Arizmendi Yareli (NRT) Res Gustavo (NRT) edito da Random House, 2014
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A dazzling, heartbreaking page-turner destined for breakout status: a novel that gives voice to millions of Americans as it tells the story of the love between a Panamanian boy and a Mexican girl: teenagers living in an apartment block of immigrant families like their own.
After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave México and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery-the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes-will not be easy. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles. At Redwood also lives Mayor Toro, a high school sophomore whose family arrived from Panamà fifteen years ago. Mayor sees in Maribel something others do not: that beyond her lovely face, and beneath the damage she's sustained, is a gentle, funny, and wise spirit. But as the two grow closer, violence casts a shadow over all their futures in America. Peopled with deeply sympathetic characters, this poignant yet unsentimental tale of young love tells a riveting story of unflinching honesty and humanity that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be an American. An instant classic is born.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Book of Unknown Americans (CD Audiobook)
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Cristina Henriquez Avila Christine (NRT) Rodriguez Ozzie (NRT) Arizmendi Yareli (NRT) Res Gustavo (NRT)
- Editore: Random House
- Collana: Random House (CD/Spoken Word)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 03 Giugno '14
- Genere: FICTION
- EAN-13: 9780804191425