Into The Beautiful North
A Novel
$43.46
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2010
Summary
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US when she was young. 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 Magnificos’ - to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316025263 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316025267 |
| Author: | Luis Alberto Urrea |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Back Bay Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 140mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
“Magical”– Vanity Fair
”[Into the Beautiful North] is deliciously composed…[Urrea writes] in a sweet but serious style…You find it in the dialogue…You find it in the description of the countryside…the plot gathers as much strength as the prose…” – Chicago Tribune “Awash in a subtle kind of satire…A funny and poignant impossible journey…Into the Beautiful North is a refreshing antidote to all the negativity currently surrounding Mexico.” – Dallas Morning News “Magical” – Vanity Fair
About The Author
Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of The Devil’s Highway, winner of a Lannan Literary Award; Across the Wire, winner of the Christopher Award and the highly acclaimed The Hummingbird’s Daughter. He has also received an American Book Award, a Western States Book Award and a Colorado Book Award and he has been inducted into the Latino Literary Hall of Fame.
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