Let the water hold me down
Spurgeon, Michael
Let the water hold me down / Michael Spurgeon - 360 pages ; 23 cm
First U.S. edition
Still reeling from the loss of his family in an accident that he feels responsible for causing, Hank Singer accepts an invitation to move to the isolated and beautiful state of Chiapas. There, in the streets and cafes of a colonial city nestled in the mountain forests, he settles into the semblance of a new life under the watchful eye of his best friend and former college roommate, Cesar, the charismatic heir to one of Mexicos most powerful families.But when an army of impoverished Indians calling themselves Zapatistas emerges from the jungle to seize half the state, Hank finds himself a foreigner trapped in someone elses war. The repercussions of the decisions he makes--and does not make--threaten to shatter both his friendship and the renewed life he has found in the Mexican highlands.In the tradition of Graham Greenes The Quiet American and Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms, LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN weaves real historical events into a riveting personal narrative about a man who finds himself caught up in a political landscape beyond his control.
9780986037450
2013007964
Americans---Mexico----Fiction
Chiapas (Mexico)---History---Peasant uprising, 1994----Folklore
PS3619.P87 / L48 2013
FIC SPU
Let the water hold me down / Michael Spurgeon - 360 pages ; 23 cm
First U.S. edition
Still reeling from the loss of his family in an accident that he feels responsible for causing, Hank Singer accepts an invitation to move to the isolated and beautiful state of Chiapas. There, in the streets and cafes of a colonial city nestled in the mountain forests, he settles into the semblance of a new life under the watchful eye of his best friend and former college roommate, Cesar, the charismatic heir to one of Mexicos most powerful families.But when an army of impoverished Indians calling themselves Zapatistas emerges from the jungle to seize half the state, Hank finds himself a foreigner trapped in someone elses war. The repercussions of the decisions he makes--and does not make--threaten to shatter both his friendship and the renewed life he has found in the Mexican highlands.In the tradition of Graham Greenes The Quiet American and Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms, LET THE WATER HOLD ME DOWN weaves real historical events into a riveting personal narrative about a man who finds himself caught up in a political landscape beyond his control.
9780986037450
2013007964
Americans---Mexico----Fiction
Chiapas (Mexico)---History---Peasant uprising, 1994----Folklore
PS3619.P87 / L48 2013
FIC SPU
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