Tierra Americana / American Dirt (Spanish Edition)

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Tierra americana / American Dirt (Spanish Edition)

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SELECCIONADO PARA OPRAH'S BOOK CLUBSi lo que buscan es una mejor vida, bsquenla en otra parte. Este camino solo es para personas que no tienen otra opcin, que dejan violencia y miseria detrs. El viaje se volver ms peligroso de ahora en adelante. Todo ir en contra de sus propsitos y los boicotear.Lydia Quixano Prez vive en Acapulco, Mxico, donde lleva su librera. Tiene un hijo, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la vida en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los crteles de la droga, su vida es confortable.Un da llega un hombre a la librera y compra cuatro libros, entre los que se encuentran dos de las obras favoritas de Lydia, que piensa que nunca va a vender. Javier es erudito, encantador, aunque Lydia no lo sabe, es el jefe del nuevo crtel que se ha apoderado de la ciudad. Cuando se publica el revelador artculo sobre Javier que el esposo de Lydia escribe para el peridico local, sus vidas cambiarn para siempre.Forzados a huir, Lydia y Luca, de ocho aos, pronto se encuentran a kilmetros de su cmoda existencia. Transformados instantneamente en migrantes, Lydia y Luca viajan en La Bestia, los trenes que se dirigen al norte hacia Estados Unidos, el nico lugar donde Javier no podr encontrarlos. Cuando se unen a las innumerables personas que intentan llegar al norte, Lydia pronto se da cuenta que todos huyen de algo. Pero hacia qu huyen exactamente?Tierra americana (American Dirt) dejar a los lectores completamente cambiados. Es un logro literario lleno de conmocin, drama y humanidad en cada pgina. Es uno de los libros ms importantes de nuestro tiempo.American Dirt, de Jeanine Cummins, que ya ha sido aclamada como una uva de la ira para nuestro tiempo y un nuevo clsico estadounidense, es una exploracin poco comn en los corazones internos de personas dispuestas a sacrificar todo por un rayo de esperanza.ENGLISH DESCRIPTION1 New York Times Bestseller OPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICKExtraordinary.-Stephen KingThis book is not simply the great American novel; its the great novel of las Americas. Its the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful.-Sandra CisnerosTambin de este lado hay sueos. On this side, too, there are dreams.Lydia Quixano Prez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Even though she knows theyll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy-two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydias husbands tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia-trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javiers reach doesnt extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?American Dirt will leave readers utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity on every page. It is one of the most important books for our times.Already being hailed as a Grapes of Wrath for our times and a new American classic, Jeanine Cummins's American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.

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GENERAL
AuthorCummins, Jeanine
Bindingpaperback
Languagespanish
EditionTranslation
ISBN-101984898027
ISBN-1397819812
Publisher
Publication Year2020-01-21T00:00:01Z

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