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Mariposa's Song
Peter Lasalle
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Description for Mariposa's Song
Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Pretty, twenty-year-old Mariposa has entered the U.S. from Honduras by way of Nuevo Laredo, without documentation. She now serves drinks and woos customers as a B-girl—sort of a dime-a-dance arrangement—in a shabby night-club on the east side of Austin, Texas. Rough work, it's at least giving her a start in America.
Between the norteño and cumbia songs the DJ plays, a smooth-talking Anglo out-of-towner who calls himself Bill shows up at the club one Saturday night to sit and casually chat with Mariposa. He smiles and sympathises; his flattery leads her to reveal the secret pain she has ... Read more
Pretty, twenty-year-old Mariposa has entered the U.S. from Honduras by way of Nuevo Laredo, without documentation. She now serves drinks and woos customers as a B-girl—sort of a dime-a-dance arrangement—in a shabby night-club on the east side of Austin, Texas. Rough work, it's at least giving her a start in America.
Between the norteño and cumbia songs the DJ plays, a smooth-talking Anglo out-of-towner who calls himself Bill shows up at the club one Saturday night to sit and casually chat with Mariposa. He smiles and sympathises; his flattery leads her to reveal the secret pain she has ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Texas, United States
ISBN
9780896727434
SKU
V9780896727434
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About Peter Lasalle
Peter LaSalle is the author of several books of fiction, including the novel Strange Sunlight and, most recently, a story collection, Tell Borges If You See Him. His work has appeared in magazines and anthologies such as Tin House, Zoetrope, Paris Review, Best American Short Stories, Best American Mystery Stories, Sports' Best Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry ... Read more
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