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Odyssey to the North

Contributor(s): Bencastro, Mario (Author), Rascon, Susan Giersbach (Translator)

ISBN: 9781558852563

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

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Pub Date: January 1, 1998

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 98-28339

Lexile Code: 0000

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Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.60" H x 8.50" L x 5.54" W ( 0.59 lbs) 192 pages

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Fiction | General

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Quiz #:0000035000 ( Odyssey to the North)

Reading level: 6.30

Interest level: UG

Point value: 8.0

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Description: Fiction. Latino/a Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Susan Giersbach Rascon. Showing both the heartbreak and the humor of life in a strange culture, award-winning author Mario Benecastro creates a caring portrait of Calixto as he seeks not only work, but safety from unjust persecution in his homeland. The even-tempered prose of this quietly resolute political novel gives voice to a generation of Central American immigrants...The novel's dramatic tension emerges through a series of interpolated flashbacks. Through an artful collage of the conversations between [the hero] Calixto and his friends, news reports, courtroom transcripts, love letters, and anecdotes, Bencastro documents the hardships Calixto suffers...Unpretentious and reportorial, Benecastro's tone is welcomingly understated -- and his message is more powerful for it -- Publishers Weekly.

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