| Rumbo Al Hermoso Norte: Una Novela Contributor(s): Urrea, Luis Alberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316054860 ISBN-13: 9780316054867 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Language: Spanish Published: May 2009 Annotation: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magnficos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Cultural Heritage - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009000813 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.48" W x 8.18" (0.72 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own Siete Magnv?ficos -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over. Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence. |