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Lemus, Felicia Luna

 
9781933354217: Like Son
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ISBN 10: 1933354216 ISBN 13: 9781933354217
Editorial: Akashic Books,U.S., 2007

Sinopsis

"Like Son moves on the wings of a soulful, visceral kind of androgyny. Old men, young men, hot girls--all step forward and sing from their stuttering hearts. Like Son is one terrific read." --Eileen Myles, author of Cool for You

Set amidst the outsider worlds of present-day downtown New York, 1990s Los Angeles, and 1940s Mexico City, Like Son is the not-so-simple story of a father, a son, and the love-blindness shared between them.

Meet Frank Cruz: a post-punk, sardonic, thirty-year-old who unwittingly inherits his dead father's legacy. Born a bouncing baby girl named Francisca to parents tangled in a doomed love affair, Frank grows up in both the poorest barrios and poshest hills of Southern California. A defiant loner, Frank leaves home at the age of eighteen for the big city, but instead is sucked back into helping his estranged and blind father navigate an untimely death. On his deathbed, Frank's father gives him a mysterious crumbling photograph of a woman with a stunning gaze: Nahui Olin, a fierce member of the early 20th-century Mexican avant-garde who once brought tragedy upon the Cruz family.

Punctured to his core by Nahui, Frank takes her portrait and flees to New York City to start anew--this time for real. There he meets eccentric, gorgeous, and sharp-tongued Nathalie. The two fall in love, but after seven years of happy-go-lucky life together, in September 2001 the New York skyline tumbles, and Frank finds himself smack in the middle of his predestined fate.

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Acerca del autor

FELICIA LUNA LEMUS is the author of Particulate Matter, and the novels Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties and Like Son. Her writing has been anthologized in numerous collections, and has appeared in publications including BOMB, the Believer, ZYZZYVA, and the California Sunday Magazine. Lemus is currently the Visiting Writer at Pitzer College. Sharpie Ultra Fine black markers and crossword puzzles are among her favorite things. She lives in the Los Angeles area with her spouse and their wild one.

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Editorial
Akashic Books,U.S.
Año de publicación
2007
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1933354216
ISBN 13 
9781933354217
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
280
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