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This war called love : nine stories / by Alejandro Murguía.
Van Pelt Library PS3563.U7255 T48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murguía, Alejandro, 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hispanic American men.
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.
- United States.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Hispanic American men--Fiction.
- Mexican Americans--Fiction.
- Mexican Americans.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 155 pages ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, CA : City Lights, [2002]
- Summary:
- From Mexico City to San Francisco's Mission District, nothing comes easy-in life or in love. Here is an unstereotypical view of a world as treacherous as it is tender, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. These stories focus on today's Latino men, their strength and vulnerability, their fears and deepest desires.
- Contents:
- Boy on a wooden horse
- El último round
- Rose-colored dreams
- Ofrendas
- Barrio lotto
- Lucky Alley
- A lesson in merengue
- A toda máquina
- This war called love.
- Notes:
- American Book Awards, Winner, 2003
- ISBN:
- 0872863948
- 9780872863941
- OCLC:
- 49225574
- Online:
- Publisher description
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