The Brothers Corona: A Novel: The Americas Series
Autor Rogelio Guedea Traducere de Peter Broaden Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 mai 2014
A modern-day picaresque novel by one of Mexico’s best
The Brothers Corona is a novel that reads like a Sam Shepard story made into a Wim Wenders road movie. It is the first Mexican detective novel that reflects rural Mexican life and culture, showcasing the splendor of its customs and traditions.
The novel unfolds as two revolving stories that eventually intertwine into one. The first is the story of Abel Corona and his three brothers, who are involved in a nasty feud with the neighboring Alcaraz family. The second story focuses on the journey that Abel undertakes to search for his girlfriend by catching a ride from a truck driver who is involved in the drug trade. When he steals money from the driver, Abel starts fearing for his life. Then his brother Ismael is found dead, and Abel is confronted with an old family feud: a fight over land ending in death. Is he being lured into a trap to fall victim to revenge?
Portraying ranch life across the great expanse of northern and western Mexico, Guedea dazzles the reader with numerous subplot lines and sequences of Abel’s journey. The novel doesn’t hold back, and it’s inventive, honest, and often beautifully brutal.
The Brothers Corona is a novel that reads like a Sam Shepard story made into a Wim Wenders road movie. It is the first Mexican detective novel that reflects rural Mexican life and culture, showcasing the splendor of its customs and traditions.
The novel unfolds as two revolving stories that eventually intertwine into one. The first is the story of Abel Corona and his three brothers, who are involved in a nasty feud with the neighboring Alcaraz family. The second story focuses on the journey that Abel undertakes to search for his girlfriend by catching a ride from a truck driver who is involved in the drug trade. When he steals money from the driver, Abel starts fearing for his life. Then his brother Ismael is found dead, and Abel is confronted with an old family feud: a fight over land ending in death. Is he being lured into a trap to fall victim to revenge?
Portraying ranch life across the great expanse of northern and western Mexico, Guedea dazzles the reader with numerous subplot lines and sequences of Abel’s journey. The novel doesn’t hold back, and it’s inventive, honest, and often beautifully brutal.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780896728639
ISBN-10: 0896728633
Pagini: 153
Dimensiuni: 140 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Texas Tech University Press
Colecția Texas Tech University Press
Seria The Americas Series
ISBN-10: 0896728633
Pagini: 153
Dimensiuni: 140 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Texas Tech University Press
Colecția Texas Tech University Press
Seria The Americas Series
Recenzii
This novel brings a fresh and modern perspective to a genre of Latin-American, Mexican, and Mexican-American novels and family stories. Not only are the characters well-developed, but the story itself contains the meaning, which unravels page by page into what becomes a very complex saga. This is definitely an important work of fiction.
—Daniel Chac?n, author of Hotel Júarez: Stories, Rooms and Loops
—Daniel Chac?n, author of Hotel Júarez: Stories, Rooms and Loops
Notă biografică
Rogelio Guedea is considered one of Mexico’s most important authors. He studied law and literature in Mexico and Spain and has received numerous prizes for his writing, including the highly respected Premio Adonáis de Poesía. He currently lectures at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
Peter Broad recently retired from forty-two years of teaching Spanish. He has permanent certification from the American Translators Association as a Spanish-English translator.
Peter Broad recently retired from forty-two years of teaching Spanish. He has permanent certification from the American Translators Association as a Spanish-English translator.