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Crossing Vines - A Novel (Paperback)
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Crossing Vines - A Novel (Paperback)
Series: Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas Series
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In the grim reality of Southern California's grape fields, even the
sun is a dark spot. For the migrant grape pickers in Crossing
Vines, Rigoberto Gonzalez's novel that spans a single workday, the
sun is a constant, malevolent force. The characters endure
back-breaking, monotonous work as they succumb to the whims of
their corrupt bosses. Each minute the sun rises higher in the sky
is an eternity.The textures, smells, sights, and emotions of their
daily existences engulf the lives of the Mexican laborers. Scarce
drinking water, sweltering heat, splintered fingers, contempt for
the job, and violence toward one another compose their
unflinchingly dark world. In Gonzalez's brutally honest story, the
characters are compelled forward mercilessly by the rising crisis
that envelops their interconnected stories. This uncompromisingly
thought-provoking tale gives names and faces to the anonymous
agricultural laborers, whose lives are like the tangled vines of
the fruits of their labor. Not since Tomas Rivera's . . . And the
Earth Did Not Devour Him has a novel converged on the lives of
migrant workers so profoundly. Like Rivera, Gonzalez employs
nostalgia for Mexican tradition as he looks at the family feuds,
economic injustices, and racism prevalent in the migrant worker
experience.
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Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas Series |
Release date: |
October 2018 |
Authors: |
Rigoberto Gonzalez
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
228 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-6176-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-8061-6176-0 |
Barcode: |
9780806161761 |
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