Saenz Benjamin Alire Books
Books di Saenz Benjamin Alire editi da Harpercollins
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Saenz Benjamin Alire
edizioni Harpercollins collana Harpercollins (Paperback) , 2008
The Espejo family of El Paso, Texas, is like so many others in America in 1967, trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating war they feel does not concern them. But when the eldest son, Gustavo, a complex and errant rebel, receives a certified letter ordering him to report to basic training, he chooses to flee instead...
Carry Me Like Water
Saenz Benjamin Alire
edizioni Harpercollins collana Harpercollins (Paperback) , 2005
This immensely moving novel confronts divisions of race, gender, and class, fusing together the stories of people who come to recognize one another from former lives they didn't know existed -- or that they tried to forget. Diego, a deaf-mute, is barely surviving on the border in El Paso, Texas. Diego's sister, Helen,...
In Perfect Light
Saenz Benjamin Alire
edizioni Harpercollins collana Harpercollins (Hardcover) , 2005
From award-winning poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz comes In Perfect Light, a haunting novel depicting the cruelties of cultural displacement and the resilience of those who are left in its aftermath. In Perfect Light is the story of two strong-willed people who are forever altered by a single tragedy. After Andés Segovia's...