| Odyssey to the North Contributor(s): Bencastro, Mario (Author), Rascon, Susan Giersbach (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1558852565 ISBN-13: 9781558852563 Publisher: Arte Publico Press OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1998 Annotation: Decades of civil war in Central America, coupled with the need for manpower in the United States, have made the Hispanic immigrant a fixture in modern American life. Showing the heartbreak as well as the humor of missteps and misunderstandings in a strange culture, award-winning author Mario Bencastro creates a sensitive and caring portrait of one such immigrant, Calixto, who came to the United States "with his stomach empty but his soul full of hope", as he struggles to survive in the restaurant kitchens, bars, crowded tenements, and detention centers that become his proving grounds. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98-28339 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.54" W x 8.5" (0.59 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 35000 Reading Level: 6.3 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiction. Latino/a Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Susan Giersbach Rascon. Showing both the heartbreak and the humor of life in a strange culture, award-winning author Mario Benecastro creates a caring portrait of Calixto as he seeks not only work, but safety from unjust persecution in his homeland. The even-tempered prose of this quietly resolute political novel gives voice to a generation of Central American immigrants...The novel's dramatic tension emerges through a series of interpolated flashbacks. Through an artful collage of the conversations between the hero] Calixto and his friends, news reports, courtroom transcripts, love letters, and anecdotes, Bencastro documents the hardships Calixto suffers...Unpretentious and reportorial, Benecastro's tone is welcomingly understated -- and his message is more powerful for it -- Publishers Weekly. |