Arte Publico Press Odyssey to the north, paperback/mario bencastro

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

  Review citations Publishers Weekly - pg.

44 - 10/26/1998Kirkus Reviews - pg.

1627 - 11/15/1998.