Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Life of Oscar Wao Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach "the promised land." And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, a youth during which he has nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore, where of all places he begins to doubt the usefulness of words. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer. Liborio’s story is constructed in a dazzling language that reflects the particular culture of border towns and expresses both resistance and fascination. This is a migrants’ story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and, finally, love a thoroughly contemporary take on the picaresque novel told in sparkling, innovative prose.
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Gringo Champion [EPUB ebook]
Gringo Champion [EPUB ebook]
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● ISBN 9781787700314 ● 翻译者 Andrea Rosenberg ● 出版者 Europa Editions UK ● 发布时间 2017 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 6184231 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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