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Find more info., search and price compare for Diario de un mojado by Ramón Tianguis Pérez Binding: Paperback, 256 pages Publisher: Arte Publico Press Weight: 0.88 pound Dimension: H: 0.89 x L: 8.48 x W: 6.34 inches ISBN 10: 1558853456 ISBN 13: 9781558853454 Click here to search for this book and compare price at 40+ bookstores with AddALL.com! If you cannot find this book in our new and in print search, be sure to try our used and out of print search too! |
Book Description: Ramón 'Tianguis' Pérez walks eight kilometers from his village carrying 'a small, vinyl suitcase that holds one change of clothes' and 'a mountain of goodbyes.' He is seeking out the highway on a voyage that will curl through Mexico and across the Rio Grande. After three bus rides and a swim across the Rio Grande, Tianguis finds himself jammed in the trunk of the car next to two other men travelling the dusty roads of South Texas. The trunk has no ventilation, save a hole where the stereo speaker once hung, a hole through which Tianguis can see the blue sky and the refracted, light green light of the Migra patrol car. Diario de un mojado is the very personal account of an illegal worker and the people he meets, all struggling to carve a life out of the unwelcoming land of the free. Tianguis writes, immigrating 'was a matter of following the tradition of the village. One could even say that we’re a village of wetbacks.' Here, that 'village of wetbacks' is given a voice. |
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