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Texas : the great theft / Carmen Boullosa

By:

Boullosa, Carmen, (, 1954-)

Contributor(s):

Schnee, Samantha

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Dallas, TX : Deep Vellum , 2014Edition: First editionDescription: 283 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9781941920008

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC BOU

LOC classification:

PQ7298.12.O76 T4913 2014

Summary: Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Carmen Boullosa's newest novel Texas: The Great Theft is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland, wrested from Mexico in 1848... Boullosa views the border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal each of her wildly diverse characters - Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dance hall girls.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC BOU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		015458

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Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Carmen Boullosa's newest novel Texas: The Great Theft is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland, wrested from Mexico in 1848... Boullosa views the border history through distinctly Mexican eyes, and her sympathetic portrayal each of her wildly diverse characters - Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dance hall girls.

Translated from the Spanish to English.

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