Amigoland

ISBN-13: 9780316018838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 384 str.

Oscar Casares

Opis

In a small town on the Mexican border live two brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino. Stubborn and independent, they now must face the facts: they are old, and they have let a family argument stand between them for too long. Don Celestino's good-natured housekeeper encourages him to make amends--while he still can. They secretly liberate Don Fidencio from his nursing home and travel into Mexico to solve the mystery at the heart of their dispute: the family legend of their grandfather's kidnapping. As the unlikely trio travels, the brothers learn it's never too late for a new beginning.

With winsome prose and heartfelt humor, Oscar Casares's debut novel of family lost and found radiates with generosity and grace and confirms the arrival of a uniquely talented new writer.

O autorze

Oscar Casares was born in the border town of Brownsville, Texas, the setting for his critically acclaimed story collection. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and teaches creative writing at the University of Texas. He lives in Austin with his wife and young son. This is his first novel.