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A Glass of Water
by Jimmy Santiago Baca
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- Paperback
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0802145108
- ISBN 13
- 9780802145109
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Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Grove Press, 2010. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 2010 Grove Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. A Glass of Water is a gripping tale of family, loyalty, ambition, and revenge that offers an intimate look into the tragedies unfurling at our country's borders. The first novel from award-winning memoirist, poet, and activist, Jimmy Santiago Baca, it is a passionate and galvanizing addition to Chicano literature.
The promise of a new beginning brings Casimiro and Nopal together when they are young immigrants, having made the nearly deadly journey across the border from Mexico. They settle into a life of long days in the chili fields, and in a few years their happy union yields two sons, Lorenzo and Vito. But when Nopal is brutally murdered, the boys are left to navigate life in this brave but capricious new world without her.
A Glass of Water is a searing, heartfelt tribute to brotherhood, and an arresting portrait of the twisted paths people take to claim their piece of the ever-elusive American dream.
The promise of a new beginning brings Casimiro and Nopal together when they are young immigrants, having made the nearly deadly journey across the border from Mexico. They settle into a life of long days in the chili fields, and in a few years their happy union yields two sons, Lorenzo and Vito. But when Nopal is brutally murdered, the boys are left to navigate life in this brave but capricious new world without her.
A Glass of Water is a searing, heartfelt tribute to brotherhood, and an arresting portrait of the twisted paths people take to claim their piece of the ever-elusive American dream.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1269
- Title
- A Glass of Water
- Author
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0802145108
- ISBN 13
- 9780802145109
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Chicano literature, Hispanic American Literature & Fiction, Fiction, Family story, Borders, Immigrants, Realistic fiction, Brotherhood, American dream,
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