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Once Upon a Time (Bomb)
Manlio Argueta
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Description for Once Upon a Time (Bomb)
hardcover. Translator(s): Craft, Linda J. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 503.
Once Upon a Time (Bomb) is a charming memoir of a young boy growing up in El Salvador. It tells the story of Alfonso Duque the Thirteenth, a youngster from a poverty-stricken family and a budding poet. Surrounded by hovering women-his mother, aunts, grandmothers, and sisters-little Alfonso still manages to enjoy boyish pranks and endure scraped elbows, knees, and ego while also discovering the pleasures of reading. The womenfolk laughingly describe him on his "throne" atop the trees or back in the outhouse, where he often escapes to read. This work of innocence is set against a darker backdrop of ... Read more
Once Upon a Time (Bomb) is a charming memoir of a young boy growing up in El Salvador. It tells the story of Alfonso Duque the Thirteenth, a youngster from a poverty-stricken family and a budding poet. Surrounded by hovering women-his mother, aunts, grandmothers, and sisters-little Alfonso still manages to enjoy boyish pranks and endure scraped elbows, knees, and ego while also discovering the pleasures of reading. The womenfolk laughingly describe him on his "throne" atop the trees or back in the outhouse, where he often escapes to read. This work of innocence is set against a darker backdrop of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780761837862
SKU
V9780761837862
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About Manlio Argueta
Linda J. Craft is Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature at North Park University in Chicago. She is the author of Novels of Testimony and Resistance from Central America, and numerous articles on contemporary texts from Central America, the Caribbean, and the U.S. "borderlands." She recently translated Argueta's folktale, "El Cipitío," for a bi-lingual children's edition through Editorial Legado ... Read more
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