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Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAtria Books
ISBN-100743269578
ISBN-139780743269575
eBay Product ID (ePID)50936706
Product Key Features
Original LanguageSpanish
Book TitleAcross a Hundred Mountains
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicGeneral
GenreFiction
AuthorReyna Grande
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-057125
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Fabulous! There aren't many books that become so alive and real for me."-- Víctor Villaseñor, author ofRain of Gold, "A topical and heartbreaking border story . . . Two stories cross and re-cross in unexpected ways, driving toward a powerful conclusion."--Publishers Weekly, "[Across a Hundred Mountainsis] one of the most exciting fictional debuts in years. It's a wonderful journey, a fast-paced, reader-friendly story that takes you in and out of different worlds. It shows the harshness and complexity of life on two sides of the US-Mexico border, in an authentic landscape that is beautiful and sad."-- Daniel Chacón, author ofAnd the Shadows Took Him, "Fabulous! There aren't many books that become so alive and real for me."-- Victor Villasenor, author of "Rain of Gold", "Reyna Grande knows the heartbreaking worlds on either side of the border, where men are desperate, women are prey, and children want what they always want: the presence of love."-- Susan Straight, author ofHighwire Moon, "Reyna Grande knows the heartbreaking worlds on either side of the border, where men are desperate, women are prey, and children want what they always want: the presence of love."-- Susan Straight, author of "Highwire Moon", "In "Across a Hundred Mountains," Reyna Grande beguiles with the spare, unadorned prose of a fabulist, then stuns with emotional truths of shattering complexity. . . . "Across a Hundred Mountains" is truly something rare, an intimate story about a great journey . . . a tale full of memorable characters and even more memorable truths."-- Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer/producer of "Lost" and "Boomtown", "InAcross a Hundred Mountains, Reyna Grande beguiles with the spare, unadorned prose of a fabulist, then stuns with emotional truths of shattering complexity. . . .Across a Hundred Mountainsis truly something rare, an intimate story about a great journey . . . a tale full of memorable characters and even more memorable truths."-- Javier Grillo-Marxuach, writer/producer ofLostandBoomtown, "A topical and heartbreaking border story . . . Two stories cross and re-cross in unexpected ways, driving toward a powerful conclusion."-- "Publishers Weekly", "Fabulous! There aren't many books that become so alive and real for me."-- Víctor Villaseñor, author of Rain of Gold
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisGrande puts a human face on the epic story about those who make it across the border into America, those who never make it across, and those who are left behind., Across a Hundred Mountainsis a stunning and poignant story of migration, loss, and discovery as two women -- one born in Mexico, one in the United States -- find their lives joined in the most unlikely way. After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana García leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his home and family two years before to find work in America, el otro lado, and rise above the oppressive poverty so many of his countrymen endure. Out of money and in need of someone to help her across the border, Juana meets Adelina Vasquez, a young woman who left her family in California to follow her lover to Mexico. Finding each other -- in a Tijuana jail -- in desperate circumstances, they offer each other much needed material and spiritual support and ultimately become linked forever in the most unexpected way. The phenomenon of Mexican immigration to the United States is one of the most controversial issues of our time. While it is often discussed in terms of the political and economic implications, Grande, with this brilliant debut novel and her own profound insider's perspective, puts a human face on the subject. Who are the men, women, and children whose lives are affected by the forces that propel so many to risk life and limb, crossing the border in pursuit of a better life? Take the journey Across a Hundred Mountainsand see.
LC Classification NumberPS3607.R3627A63 2006
