The stories in this prize-winning volume are set in fictional towns, along highways, and in industries on either edge of the Mexico-California border. The author uses memory and imagination to transform these scenes into a defamiliarized frontera, a region of subtle misplacements and cultural contretemps. In these engaging and extremely human stories, gringos move south and Mexicans move north in a search for growth and difference but find that the border is much more fluid, much harder to definitively cross, than they ...
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The stories in this prize-winning volume are set in fictional towns, along highways, and in industries on either edge of the Mexico-California border. The author uses memory and imagination to transform these scenes into a defamiliarized frontera, a region of subtle misplacements and cultural contretemps. In these engaging and extremely human stories, gringos move south and Mexicans move north in a search for growth and difference but find that the border is much more fluid, much harder to definitively cross, than they imagined.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. 0877454752. Binding solid. Pages all clean and bright. Price stamp on FFEP. Blue cloth cover with a little wear, including small waterstain. Dustjacket worn at edges, with two small tears. Support an independent used bookstore in Minneapolis! ; Iowa Short Fiction Award; 9.37 X 5.51 X 0.79 inches; 146 pages.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book First edition, First printing. Book is in Near Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have the tiniest bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.
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Iowa City. 1994. University Of Iowa Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0877454752. 131 pages. hardcover. Jacket art by Craig Moore-'Dog Palm'. Signed by the Author. keywords: Literature America. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The stories in this prize-winning volume are set in fictional towns, along highways, and in industries on either edge of the Mexico-California border. The author uses memory and imagination to transform these scenes into a defamiliarized frontera, a region of subtle misplacements and cultural contretemps. In these engaging and extremely human stories, gringos move south and Mexicans move north in a search for growth and difference but find that the border is much more fluid, much harder to definitively cross, than they imagined. inventory #24824.
