Their dogs came with them : a novel / Helena María Viramontes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viramontes, Helena María, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican Americans--Fiction.

Mexican Americans.

Express highways--Design and construction.

Mexican American neighborhoods.

Mexican American neighborhoods--Fiction.

Express highways--Design and construction--Fiction.

Express highways.

Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.

Los Angeles (Calif.).

California--Los Angeles.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Washington Square Press trade paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Washington Square Press, 2008.

Summary:

From the Publisher: Award-winning author of Under the Feet of Jesus, Helena Maria Viramontes offers a profoundly gritty portrait of everyday life in L.A. in this lyrically muscular, artfully crafted novel. In the barrio of East Los Angeles, a group of unbreakable young women struggle to find their way through the turbulent urban landscape of the 1960s. Androgynous Turtle is a homeless gang member. Ana devotes herself to a mentally ill brother. Ermila is a teenager poised between childhood and political consciousness. And Tranquilina, the daughter of missionaries, finds hope in faith. In prose that is potent and street tough, Viramontes has choreographed a tragic dance of death and rebirth. Julia Alvarez has called Viramontes "one of the important multicultural voices of American literature." Their Dogs Came with Them further proves the depth and talent of this essential author.

ISBN:

9781416588344

1416588345

OCLC:

209703479