Alburquerque a novel
Abran Gonzalez is a homeboy from the barrio, a young boxer whose world is shattered forever the night he is summoned to his mother's deathbed. He learns he is the son of an unknown Mexican man - a man he is desperately compelled to find. His quest will bring him in contact with many unpleasant chara...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albuquerque, NM :
University of New Mexico Press,
2006.
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| Summary: | Abran Gonzalez is a homeboy from the barrio, a young boxer whose world is shattered forever the night he is summoned to his mother's deathbed. He learns he is the son of an unknown Mexican man - a man he is desperately compelled to find. His quest will bring him in contact with many unpleasant characters. ""Alburquerque" is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family."--John Nichols, author of "The Milagro Beanfield War". |
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| Physical Description: | 280 pages |
| ISBN: | 9780826340597 0826340598 |
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