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Novels
by Our Editor / The Darkside of a Dream
Historical fiction, the story of two
brothers and their families who migrate from Mexico to the
United States shortly after the outbreak of World War II.
The novel depicts their struggles and frustrations as they
come to grips with a new, often hostile environment. Later,
the family will figure prominently in two significant moments
in Mexican-American history. The first was the disaster that
involved a Hispanic rifle company that lost its colors and
most of its men at the infamous Battle of the Rapido River
in Italy during the Second World War. The last part of the
novel focuses on a farmworker strike that occurred in South
Texas just after the Korean War. The movement failed, but
within that defeat were the seeds of the victories that came
a decade later in California.
"The author is a solid storyteller who here has created a
stirring tale that sheds new light on a recent yet shadowed
aspect of American history." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"With a strong narrative and lean prose, the novel is a profoundly
moving epic about immigrants from Mexico who came to Texas
shortly after America entered the Second World War." --TEXAS
REVIEW OF BOOKS
"Brilliantly conceived and masterfully narrated... The author,
an Irish-Mexican, is a gifted bi-culturalist with a great
story to tell and he writes it remarkably well." --TRAVELMEX
"An epic tale...a vivid portrait of the many facets of immigrant
culture, one family's tragic and triumphant odyssey in a new
land." -BOOKLIST "
...Satisfies, yet angers. A novel with a soul." --COPLEY NEWS
SERVICE
(Hardback, $22.95)
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