| After the Bombs Contributor(s): Arias, Arturo (Author), Zatz, Asa (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0915306891 ISBN-13: 9780915306893 Publisher: Curbstone Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Political |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90-81428 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.43" W x 8.43" (0.50 lbs) 221 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: After the Bombs is a coming of age story that holds a mirror up to the modern history of Guatemala--a funhouse mirror of richly inventive and farcical black comedy which provides a better description of life in that country than any history book ever could. It opens with the bombing of Guatemala City in 1954 when the hero, Max, is a small child. In a swiftly moving narrative, Max journeys toward adulthood, searching for his identity, for his father, and along the way, for the real Guatemala and the possibility of a society founded on human decency, after the bombs. |