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The Bolero of Andi Rowe: Stories
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Description for The Bolero of Andi Rowe: Stories
Paperback. Winner of the Miguel Marmol Prize, this collection of inter-related stories delves into the life of Andi Rowe a young woman of Mexican and Irish heritage to give an intimate account of one family s passage from the immigrant story to the American story, and the cycle of loss, adaptation, and rediscovery that is innate to that experience." Num Pages: 128 pages, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 208.
Winner of the Miguel Mármol Prize, this collection of inter-related stories delves into the life of Andi Rowe—a young woman of Mexican and Irish heritage—to give an intimate account of one family’s passage from the immigrant story to the American story, and the cycle of loss, adaptation, and rediscovery that is innate to that experience. Set largely in Los Angeles’s San Gabriel Valley, and crossing generations and borders, these stories focus on the quiet moments between explosions, where tension simmers just beneath the surface. From a Border Patrol agent whose own mother crossed the border illegally to a lonely woman ... Read more
Winner of the Miguel Mármol Prize, this collection of inter-related stories delves into the life of Andi Rowe—a young woman of Mexican and Irish heritage—to give an intimate account of one family’s passage from the immigrant story to the American story, and the cycle of loss, adaptation, and rediscovery that is innate to that experience. Set largely in Los Angeles’s San Gabriel Valley, and crossing generations and borders, these stories focus on the quiet moments between explosions, where tension simmers just beneath the surface. From a Border Patrol agent whose own mother crossed the border illegally to a lonely woman ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810127678
SKU
V9780810127678
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