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Lädt ... Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migrationvon Sam Quinones
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. No one living in Mexico or America is unaffected by the issues of migration. Quinones's true accounts humanize an intensely political and economic predicament.Each of these stories were touching in their own way. Some because of their hurt and loss; others for their success and beauty. Quinones gives a big picture perspective through aptly chosen personal experiences. Each vignette offers a view from the inside, which might be difficult for a Caucasian to obtain or understand without assistance.Notably missing, however, are hard-hitting, pull-no-punches stories. This is the work of a free-lance journalist following his passion and curiosity, not an undercover super-cop. Questions about gangs, drugs, weapons and crime go largely unanswered.After reading this book, I feel no better equipped to debate the larger issues involved, but I do have a better view of the driving forces. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Sam Quinones's first book, True Tales From Another Mexico, was acclaimed for the way it peered into the corners of that country for its larger truths and complexities. Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, Quinones's second collection of nonfiction tales, does the same for one of the most important issues of our times: the migration of Mexicans to the United States. Quinones has covered the world of Mexican immigrants for the last thirteen years--from Chicago to Oaxaca, Michoacan to southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. Along the way, he has uncovered stories that help illuminate all that Mexicans seek when they come north, how they change their new country, and are changed by it. Here are the stories of the Henry Ford of velvet painting in Ciudad Juarez, the emergence of opera in Tijuana, the bizarre goings-on in the L.A. suburb of South Gate, and of the drug-addled colonies of Old World German Mennonites in Chihuahua. Through it all winds the tale of Delfino Juarez, a young construction worker, and modern-day Huckleberry Finn, who had to leave his village to change it. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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