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Cargando... From This Wicked Patch of Dustpor Sergio Troncoso
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 "Effortlessly, with elegance of style, Troncoso weaves a tapestry of lives, of human beings who by the end of the book feel not just real, not just intimately close, but undeniable, inescapable, a part of ourselves." “Sergio Troncoso's admirable second novel From This Wicked Patch of Dust tells the story of the Martinez clan and how it copes when its individual members make decisions that threaten the harmony and unity of the entire family....Troncoso resists a comfortable ending and challenges readers to envision the Chicano family within a global context because, as this novel illustrates, the safety of home is no longer true in the post-9/11 Americas....From This Wicked Patch of Dust presents difficult lessons about growing up and growing apart, but there's also genuine heart and pride in the depiction of the "four children, four worlds" that spiral out of a single immigrant dream.” “In a media market where cultural stereotypes abound, it’s refreshing to read a novel featuring Latino characters who are nuanced and authentic. Sergio Troncoso’s latest, From This Wicked Patch of Dust, follows a family from humble beginnings in a Texas border town through several decades as its members move beyond their Mexican Catholic culture to inhabit Jewish, Muslim and Ivy League spaces....These middle spaces have long been fodder for writers, though the El Paso-born and Harvard-educated Troncoso has created new, empathetic characters to explore it. No, the real beauty of this book is that it mines the rich diversity of tradition and culture among Latinos, as well as the commonalities they share with other Americans — love of family, faith and country.” "Sergio Troncoso breathes fresh air into the American assimilation story. Born on the border with sharp eyes and ears for his surroundings, Troncoso brings us forward from 1966 to the present day....This story is recognizable as their own, yet it's also wholly universal."  “This is the story of an immigrant family in search of the American dream. The novel begins in 1966 with the Martinez’s family move to the shantytown of Ysleta. Cuauhtémoc and Pilar, proud of their Mexican heritage, imagine a future for their children in which personal success, family unity, and cultural heritage go hand in hand. The four children, however, take different paths as they enter in contact with realities very different from their childhoods….Narrated from the different perspective of each family member, the novel questions the significance of family when distance and new loyalties intervene. The novel presents a complex image of family dynamics and the forces that operate to define where we belong.” Pertenece a las series editorialesPremiosDistinciones
In the border shantytown of Ysleta, Mexican immigrants Pilar and Cuauhtémoc Martínez strive to teach their four children to forsake the drugs and gangs of their neighborhood. The family's hardscrabble origins are just the beginning of this sweeping new novel from Sergio Troncoso. Spanning four decades, this is a story of a family's struggle to become American and yet not be pulled apart by a maelstrom of cultural forces. As a young adult, daughter Julieta is disenchanted with Catholicism and converts to Islam. Youngest son Ismael, always the bookworm, is accepted to Harvard but feels out of place in the Northeast where he meets and marries a Jewish woman. The other boys--Marcos and Francisco--toil in their father's old apartment buildings, serving as the cheap labor to fuel the family's rise to the middle class. Over time, Francisco isolates himself in El Paso while Marcos eventually leaves to become a teacher, but then returns, struggling with a deep bitterness about his work and marriage. Through it all, Pilar clings to the idea of her family and tries to hold it together as her husband's health begins to fail. This backdrop is then shaken to its core by the historic events of 2001 in New York City. The aftermath sends shockwaves through this newly American family. Bitter conflicts erupt between siblings and the physical and cultural spaces between them threaten to tear them apart. Will their shared history and once-common dreams be enough to hold together a family from Ysleta, this wicked patch of dust? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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