The Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez
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The Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2007-12-01
The Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez written by John Rechy and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-01 with Fiction categories.
A Los Angeles Latina woman living in poverty and hoping for miracles “comes to stunning and heartbreaking life” in this novel from an award-winning author (Newsday). On a hot, still day in May, Amalia Gómez sees—or thinks she sees—a large silver cross in the sky. Does this vision foretell a miracle? The pragmatic, twice-divorced Amalia is doubtful . . . Amalia’s neighborhood—a decaying area near a shabby part of Hollywood Boulevard—is under attack from gang wars and the police. Her live-in boyfriend is behaving suspiciously, her “fast” teenage daughter Gloria has become too much to handle, and her teenage son is hinting he’s in serious trouble. Most of all, Amalia is haunted by thoughts of her past and her first-born, dead in jail under mysterious circumstances. As the epiphanies and small omens of Amalia’s day build to a climax as wondrous as it is shattering, PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author John Rechy takes us into the complicated life of a Chicano family living in Los Angeles—in all its spirited, gritty reality, giving us “a novel with more truth in it than a carload of best-sellers” (The Washington Post). “A fierce book . . . [told in] tough, uninhibited prose.” —Hartford Courant “A vivid and touching novel . . . Rough, heartbreaking . . . Rechy is masterful.” —San Antonio Express-News “A triumph, a sad, beautiful and loving book rooted in cultural experience as well as deep intuition.” —Newsday “[An] ardently feminist piece of writing. By portraying her abusive past, the poverty and the narrow choices facing Amalia G[ó]mez, Rechy illuminates the plight of certain minority women who remain locked in the dark ages of female emancipation, shut off from any help . . . Amalia G[ó]mez may be the main character, but poverty and ignorance, injustice and fear, are the real subjects of this engaging novel.” —Los Angeles Times
Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez written by John Rechy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with categories.
The Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Arcade Pub
Release Date : 1993
The Miraculous Day Of Amalia G Mez written by John Rechy and has been published by Arcade Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Fiction categories.
A moving, harsh, and tender novel about one day in the life of a Mexican-American, by the bestselling author of City of Night and Marilyn's Daughter.
Miraculous Day Of Amalia Gomez
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Random House Value Pub
Release Date : 1994-09-01
Miraculous Day Of Amalia Gomez written by John Rechy and has been published by Random House Value Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-09-01 with Fiction categories.
These two novels introduce us to two faces of the same terrain. In The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, Amalia Gomez thinks she sees a large silver cross in the sky. A miraculous sign, perhaps, but one the down-to-earth Amalia does not trust. Through Amalia, we take a vivid and moving tour of the "other Hollywood", populated by working-class Mexican Americans, as John Rechy blends tough realism with religious and cultural fables to take us into the life of a Chicano family in L.A. Epic in scope and vision, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez is classic Rechy.
City Of Night
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Serpent's Tail
Release Date : 2021-05-20
City Of Night written by John Rechy and has been published by Serpent's Tail this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-20 with Fiction categories.
Bold and inventive in style, City of Night is the groundbreaking 1960s novel about male prostitution. Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling 'youngman' and his search for self-knowledge among the other denizens of his neon-lit world. As the narrator moves from Texas to Times Square and then on to the French Quarter of New Orleans, Rechy delivers a portrait of the edges of America that has lost none of its power. On his travels, the nameless narrator meets a collection of unforgettable characters, from vice cops to guilt-ridden married men eaten up by desire, to Lance O'Hara, once Hollywood's biggest star. Rechy describes this world with candour and understanding in a prose that is highly personal and vividly descriptive.
Chicano Latino Homoerotic Identities
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Author : David William Foster
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1999
Chicano Latino Homoerotic Identities written by David William Foster and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Sexual Outlaw
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 1989
The Sexual Outlaw written by John Rechy and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Fiction categories.
In this angry, eloquent outcry against the oppression of homosexuals, the author of the classic City of Night gives "an explosive non-fiction account, with commentaries, of three days and nights in the sexual underground" of Los Angeles in the 1970s--the "battlefield" of the sexual outlaw. Using the language and techniqus of the film, Rechy deftly intercuts the despairing, joyful, and defiant confessions of a male hustler with the "chorus" of his own subversive reflections on sexual identity and sexual politics, and with stark documentary reports our society directs against homosexuals--"the only minority against whose existence there are laws."
Marilyn S Daughter
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Author : John Rechy
language : en
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Release Date : 2013-05-07
Marilyn S Daughter written by John Rechy and has been published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with Fiction categories.
A vivid reimagining of the life and legacy of Marilyn Monroe: “A massive, magnetic story by a major American novelist writing at the peak of his powers” (San Francisco Chronicle). When eighteen-year-old Normalyn discovers a letter asserting that Marilyn Monroe was her true mother, she travels from Texas to Los Angeles to uncover the truth . . . and ventures deep into a maze of untold Hollywood history. Through the memories of others, Normalyn recreates Marilyn’s secret life. She encounters David Lange, a prize-winning writer obsessed with the actress’s legend; Mildred Meadows, who once ruled Hollywood—and Washington—with her gossip column; the fabulous nightclub entertainer Troja; Dr. and Mrs. Crouch, once hired by the movie studios to tell any lie and conceal any truth, no matter what the cost in destroyed lives; and Miss Bertha, a gentle old recluse, who may have been the confident of great stars. This startling modern epic by the author of City of Night and The Sexual Outlaw brings to life the beautiful, tragic figure of Marilyn Monroe and two other historical figures crucial to Normalyn’s quest: John and Robert Kennedy. A unique literary creation that explores the origins of legends and their power over truth, this novel introduces in Normalyn Morgan, one of the most memorable heroines in modern American fiction.
Violence In The Contemporary American Novel
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Author : James Richard Giles
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 2000
Violence In The Contemporary American Novel written by James Richard Giles and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Fiction categories.
Framing his study with two cases of violence involving children in Chicago, he notes the degree to which violence in the novels is perpetrated by adults against children or, even more shockingly, by children against children.".
Profane Sacred
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Author : Bridget A. Kevane
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2008
Profane Sacred written by Bridget A. Kevane and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Literary Criticism categories.
Profane & Sacred examines religious discourse in contemporary Latino/a fiction, exploring how religion creates, mediates or changes Latino culture and identity. Much contemporary literary criticism on Latino/a literature has focused on the bilingual and bicultural nature of Latino identity, history and cultural production. But just as the multiplicity of cultures and languages has shaped Latino identity and history, so too has religion. Studying the religious discourse found in fiction can clearly enrich not only our perception of the diversity within the Hispanic communities, but also the diversity between sociologists and creative writers.