Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez: Breaking Even by Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez - libro usado
ISBN: 9781558852136
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. T… Más…
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. This quest gives Val a convenient excuse for getting out, as he is being forced into a loveless marriage and meaningless existence in a town where his life has been made more difficult because his mother is Mexican. The young man's search draws him into a mysterious world: violent and unpredictable, yet also glamorous and seductive. It is his Anglo father's world of high-stakes professional gambling. With their ultimate confrontation taking place in Reno, Nevada, Val finally realizes that all that glitters in his father's free-wheeling lifestyle is more grit than gold and that true style comes only with the acceptance of personal responsibility. Yet Val's father, Cooper, will leave him with a priceless gift. Val develops a new-found pride in his Mexican heritage, as well as the courage to follow his dream. Media ><
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Grattan-Dominguez, Alejandro: Breaking Even - libro usado
ISBN: 9781558852136
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. T… Más…
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. This quest gives Val a convenient excuse for getting out, as he is being forced into a loveless marriage and meaningless existence in a town where his life has been made more difficult because his mother is Mexican. The young man's search draws him into a mysterious world: violent and unpredictable, yet also glamorous and seductive. It is his Anglo father's world of high-stakes professional gambling. With their ultimate confrontation taking place in Reno, Nevada, Val finally realizes that all that glitters in his father's free-wheeling lifestyle is more grit than gold and that true style comes only with the acceptance of personal responsibility. Yet Val's father, Cooper, will leave him with a priceless gift. Val develops a new-found pride in his Mexican heritage, as well as the courage to follow his dream. Media ><
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Breaking Even by Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez - libro usado
ISBN: 9781558852136
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. T… Más…
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. This quest gives Val a convenient excuse for getting out, as he is being forced into a loveless marriage and meaningless existence in a town where his life has been made more difficult because his mother is Mexican. The young man's search draws him into a mysterious world: violent and unpredictable, yet also glamorous and seductive. It is his Anglo father's world of high-stakes professional gambling. With their ultimate confrontation taking place in Reno, Nevada, Val finally realizes that all that glitters in his father's free-wheeling lifestyle is more grit than gold and that true style comes only with the acceptance of personal responsibility. Yet Val's father, Cooper, will leave him with a priceless gift. Val develops a new-found pride in his Mexican heritage, as well as the courage to follow his dream. Media ><
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In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. T… Más…
In this engrossing coming-of-age novel set in the 1950s, eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas town to search for the father he thought had died a hero's death years earlier. This quest gives Val a convenient excuse for getting out, as he is being forced into a loveless marriage and meaningless existence in a town where his life has been made more difficult because his mother is Mexican. The young man's search draws him into a mysterious world: violent and unpredictable, yet also glamorous and seductive. It is his Anglo father's world of high-stakes professional gambling. With their ultimate confrontation taking place in Reno, Nevada, Val finally realizes that all that glitters in his father's free-wheeling lifestyle is more grit than gold and that true style comes only with the acceptance of personal responsibility. Yet Val's father, Cooper, will leave him with a priceless gift. Val develops a new-found pride in his Mexican heritage, as well as the courage to follow his dream. Media ><
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Eighteen-year-old Val leaves his tiny West Texas hometown to search for his long-lost father. The quest which takes him to the gaming table of Reno, Nevada, gives Val a convenient excuse to escape an impending loveless marriage and a meaningless existence in a town where his life has been made more difficult because his mother is Mexican. Ultimately, the reunion not only gives him the father he'd thought dead, but also the older man leaves his son with a priceless gift -- a newfound pride in his Mexican heritage, as well as the courage to follow his dream.
Detalles del libro - Breaking Even
EAN (ISBN-13): 9781558852136 ISBN (ISBN-10): 1558852131 Tapa blanda Año de publicación: 1997 Editorial: ARTE PUBLICO PR 254 Páginas Peso: 0,336 kg Idioma: eng/Englisch
Libro en la base de datos desde 2007-01-13T05:51:59+01:00 (Madrid) Página de detalles modificada por última vez el 2023-08-05T19:26:31+02:00 (Madrid) ISBN/EAN: 9781558852136
ISBN - escritura alterna: 1-55885-213-1, 978-1-55885-213-6 Mode alterno de escritura y términos de búsqueda relacionados: Autor del libro: dominguez Título del libro: breaking
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