Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Macho!

Victor Villaseñor

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Fiction. MACHO! Has been chosen by the New York Public Library for its distinguished list of Books for the Teen Age. Victor Villasenor is the author of several works, most notably the national-bestseller RAIN OF GOLD and many screenplays, including the award-winning The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. In his first novel, seventeen-year-old Roberto Garcia has big hopes for a future different from that of his compatriots in the highlands of Michoacan. Inspired by his thirst for a prosperous life he dreams lies beyond the border, Roberto steps onto the dangerous trail many immigrants have taken before him. "Macho! Is poetic in its devotion to realistic detail and classic spareness of style . . . At the same time, humor of a truly native sort contagiously informs the narrative. It is as if a misery and laughter were twins in Villasenor's vision of the human condition"--Los Angeles Times. "It rings true. His sentences and his characters have the smell of rich earth and honest sweat about them. His stor

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN 13: 9781558854185

Macho!

Victor Villaseñor

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Fiction. MACHO! Has been chosen by the New York Public Library for its distinguished list of Books for the Teen Age. Victor Villasenor is the author of several works, most notably the national-bestseller RAIN OF GOLD and many screenplays, including the award-winning The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. In his first novel, seventeen-year-old Roberto Garcia has big hopes for a future different from that of his compatriots in the highlands of Michoacan. Inspired by his thirst for a prosperous life he dreams lies beyond the border, Roberto steps onto the dangerous trail many immigrants have taken before him. "Macho! Is poetic in its devotion to realistic detail and classic spareness of style . . . At the same time, humor of a truly native sort contagiously informs the narrative. It is as if a misery and laughter were twins in Villasenor's vision of the human condition"--Los Angeles Times. "It rings true. His sentences and his characters have the smell of rich earth and honest sweat about them. His stor

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Release: September 01, 2003

ISBN 13: 9781558854185

More books from Victor Villaseñor

Rain of Gold

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Burro Genius

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Thirteen Senses

4.2/5 ( ratings)

Walking Stars: Stories of Magic and Power

Crazy Loco Love

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Rain Of Gold Part 1 Of 2

4.5/5 ( ratings)

Mother Fox and Mr. Coyote/Mama Zorra y Don Coyote

2.7/5 ( ratings)

Little Crow To The Rescue/El Cuervito al Rescate

2.5/5 ( ratings)

Frog and His Friends Save Humanity/La Rana y Sus Amigos Salvan ALA Humanidad

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Beyond Rain of Gold

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Lion Eyes

2.6/5 ( ratings)

The Key to Living

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Wild Steps of Heaven

2.6/5 ( ratings)

DOLPHIN MIRACLE plus your own key to LIVING MIRACLES

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Wild Steps of Heaven

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Atrapando la lluvia

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Who Is the Teacher, Anyway?

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Burro Genius: A Memoir

2.6/5 ( ratings)

The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo (English and Spanish Edition)

2.6/5 ( ratings)

The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo (Piñata Books)

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?