Dear Rafe/ Mi Querido Rafa (Klail City Death Trip Series)
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Book Description
Welcome to Klail City, in Belken County, along the Mexico border in Texas' Rio Grande Valley. In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, Jehu Malacara chronicles the political rabble-rousing of Klail City's wealthiest citizens in letters to his cousin Rafe Buenrostro. Led by Arnold "Noddy" Perkins, the who's who of Belken County create a complex web of relationships. Wrangling bank loans, club memberships, and local politics, Perkins dominates the political and economic landscape of the community.
When Malacara turns up missing, and the writer, P. Galindo, begins interviewing the citizens, tales of deceit and betrayal float to the surface. From Jehu's knockout girlfriend Ollie to up-and-coming socialite Becky Escobar and even to old man Perkins himself, Hinojosa offers a feast of quirky characters and misdeeds.
Part epistolary, part mystery novel, the population of Klail City makes an indelible impression. With an introduction by Hinojosa scholar Manuel Martín-Rodríguez, a professor at University of California - Merced, this volume combines for the first time the English and Spanish-language versions of the novel that creates a fictitious community that The New York Times compared to Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha and Marquez's Macondo.
From the Inside Flap
"The stories are universal in the sense that they are about fools and heroes, about borders between cultures, between languages, between generations. But they are also unique documents of the languages spoken in one place at one time." -The Texas Observer
"Hinojosa's literary style -precise, clean not a word of excess; his ironic and subtle humor, so well within the Hispanic tradition; his undeniably popular and regional themes, and, thus universal appeal; and a persistent understatement, all blend to make his work unmistakable…" -Latin American Literary Review
"Although his sharp eye and accurate ear capture a place, its people and a time in a masterly way, his work goes far beyond regionalism. He is a writer for all readers, and Dear Rafe, . . . is a delight in any league." -The New York Times Book Review
Dear Rafe/ Mi Querido Rafa (Klail City Death Trip Series)
Dear Rafe/ Mi Querido Rafa (Klail City Death Trip Series),Rolando Hinojosa,Arte Publico Press,1558854568,Fiction,Fiction - General,General,Literary,Spanish: Adult Fiction
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