Names on a map : a novel
Saenz, Benjamin Alire
Names on a map : a novel / Benjamin Alire Sáenz - 1st ed. - New York : Harper Perennial , c2008 - 423 p. ; 21 cm.
The Espejo family of El Paso, Texas, is like so many others in America in 1967, trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating war they feel does not concern them. But when the eldest son, Gustavo, a complex and errant rebel, receives a certified letter ordering him to report to basic training, he chooses to flee instead to Mexico. Retreating back to the land of his grandfather - a foreign country to which he is no longer culturally connected - Gustavo sets into motion a series of events that will have catastrophic consequences on the fragile bonds holding the family together.
English.
9780061285691
Mexican American families----Fiction
Mexican Americans---Texas----Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975----Fiction
Draft ----Fiction
Texas---El Paso----Fiction
Mexico----Fiction
PS3569.A27 / N36 2008
FIC SAE
Names on a map : a novel / Benjamin Alire Sáenz - 1st ed. - New York : Harper Perennial , c2008 - 423 p. ; 21 cm.
The Espejo family of El Paso, Texas, is like so many others in America in 1967, trying to make sense of a rapidly escalating war they feel does not concern them. But when the eldest son, Gustavo, a complex and errant rebel, receives a certified letter ordering him to report to basic training, he chooses to flee instead to Mexico. Retreating back to the land of his grandfather - a foreign country to which he is no longer culturally connected - Gustavo sets into motion a series of events that will have catastrophic consequences on the fragile bonds holding the family together.
English.
9780061285691
Mexican American families----Fiction
Mexican Americans---Texas----Fiction
Vietnam War, 1961-1975----Fiction
Draft ----Fiction
Texas---El Paso----Fiction
Mexico----Fiction
PS3569.A27 / N36 2008
FIC SAE
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