The Gringo Champion

The Gringo Champion
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Publisher : Europa Editions UK
Total Pages : 266
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ISBN-10 : 9781787700314
ISBN-13 : 1787700313
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Book Synopsis The Gringo Champion by : Aura Xilonen

Download or read book The Gringo Champion written by Aura Xilonen and published by Europa Editions UK. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Million Dollar Baby meets The Brief Life of Oscar Wao Liborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach "the promised land." And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. As Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, a youth during which he has nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore, where of all places he begins to doubt the usefulness of words. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer. Liborio's story is constructed in a dazzling language that reflects the particular culture of border towns and expresses both resistance and fascination. This is a migrants' story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and, finally, love – a thoroughly contemporary take on the picaresque novel – told in sparkling, innovative prose.

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