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La Maravilla - by Alfredo Vea (Paperback)

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  • "A powerful and enchanting story... a bridge between North and South America.
  • About the Author: Alfredo Vea was born in Arizona and worked as a migrant farm worker as a child and a young man.
  • 320 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Hispanic & Latino

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About the Book



"A forceful vision of the vibrant, symbiotic co-existence of colliding cultures" (San Francisco Chronicle), this much-praised literary debut by Mexican-American author Vea spins a lyrical and largely autobiographical tale of life in a squatter's community outside Phoenix in the 1950s.



Book Synopsis



"A powerful and enchanting story... a bridge between North and South America. From the very first sentence I was trapped and could not resist the invitation to cross that bridge." --Isabel Allende, author of The House of the Spirits

Three thousand years of history and the myths of many cultures, as well as the fates of a dozen unforgettable characters, all collide one hot summer in 1958 in the community of Buckeye Road outside Phoenix. From this desert community blooms a world of marvels spilling out of the adobe homes, tar-paper-shacks, rusted Cadillacs, and battered trailers.

At the center of this rich multicultural community is Beto, who must navigate the challenges of belonging to two worlds, and being torn between the love and fear of both. Guided by his jazz-music loving Spanish grandmother and his Yaqui Indian grandfather, Beto experiences all the richness that this community has to offer: Through food, spirit journeys, and manhood ceremonies, he discovers what it means to reconcile all sides of himself.

"Magic realism in the American Southwest... a wonderful story of cultures clashing and merging... captures the color, language and feel of the small-town South in a manner that is almost astonishing." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch



About the Author



Alfredo Vea was born in Arizona and worked as a migrant farm worker as a child and a young man. He served in Vietnam and after his discharge worked a series of jobs, ranging from truck driver to carnival mechanic, as he put himself through law school. Now a practicing criminal defense attorney, Vea is also the author of two previous novels, La Maravilla and The Silver Cloud Cafe. He lives in San Francisco, California.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.97 Inches (H) x 5.35 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)
Weight: .77 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Hispanic & Latino
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Alfredo Vea
Language: English
Street Date: April 1, 1994
TCIN: 1005012614
UPC: 9780452271609
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-4925
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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