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Chargement... Brownsville: Stories (original 2003; édition 2003)par Oscar Casares
Information sur l'oeuvreBrownsville: Stories par Oscar Cásares (2003)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. I loved this book. It was very nostalgic for me, and it perfectly captures the voice, life, and struggles of people who are raised and live in Brownsville (and other cities in the RGV). The book is written in Spanglish, which makes it a bit inaccessible for folks who don't know any Spanish. It was maybe too short and simple - I wish the stories were more complex and had character growth. Also, it had so much machismo that it HURT. ( ) Young men trying to be good fathers, irate neighbors who recant and repent by the end of the story, and moms dispensing sound advice in tense situations. Easy to read at a single sitting, the simplicity reminds me of Stephen King's no pretenses, fill it up with details style. I did not like the monkey story at all -- seemed way too 'psychological' and contrived. The rest of the stories were full of characters, family and neighbors, in a dusty place along the Mexican border. This book has sat, sadly I believe, on my shelf since 2007. Worse I not only have this one but Casares’ subsequent first novel. Brazos Bookstore is hosting Casares Tuesday night and I might go. If nothing else, this prompted me to pull this from my bookshelf yesterday and read it.Brownsville is a book of stories that all take place in…no surprise here…Brownsville, a city in the most distant reaches of Texas, right next to the border with Mexico. In every way, a satisfying book. If the stories have the feel of coming through the Creative Writing School Factory, so be it. Every story is well crafted and Brownsville is everywhere in these stories. Words in Spanish like salt in my stew, just enough to slow down my reading and reread now and then. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"Terrific stories...Just about perfect" (Entertainment Weekly): Brownsville is the collection that established Oscar Casares as one of the leading voices in the literature of the modern Southwest. At the country's edge, on the Mexican border, Brownsville, Texas, is a town like many others. It is a place where people work hard to create better lives for their children, where people bear grudges against their neighbors, where love blossoms only to fade, and where the only real certainty is that life holds surprises. In his sparkling debut, Oscar Casares creates a cast of unforgettable characters confronting everyday possibilities and contradictions: Diego, an eleven-year-old whose job at a fireworks stand teaches him a lesson in defiance; Bony, a young man whose discovery of a monkey's head on his lawn drives a wedge between him and his parents; Lola, whose stolen bowling ball offers an unlikely chance for change. The achievement of Brownsville lies in its remarkably honest portrayal of these lives -- the lives of people whose dreams and yearnings and regrets are at once unique and universal. "Marvelous...Brownsville resembles early Steinbeck work more than anything else." --Carolyn See, Washington Post Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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