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Calle 10
Engelsk
Bogcover for Calle 10 af Danny Romero, 9781562790905
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
156
ISBN-13:
9781562790905
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1562790900
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 1996
Størrelse i cm:
19,2 x 12,8 x 1,5
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 1996
Forfatter(e):

Calle 10

Engelsk
Paperback 1996
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In his first full-length novel, oft-anthologised short-story writer Romero does a good job of portraying the trials associated with an impoverished life. But simply because a novel showcases a Chicano protagonist in a barrio setting does not mean it is necessarily moving or powerful. Calle 10 introduces us to Zero, a college-educated 30-year-old headed nowhere in a rooming house on "Calle 10" -- Tenth Street -- in Ciudad Jimenez, near Oakland, Calif. With no prospects, drug-addled companions, addictive tendencies of his own and little hope for his own future, Zero often dreams of ways to escape his situation, but rarely does a thing, save ingesting drugs. Romero provides little insight into Zero''s true motivations or lack thereof. It is both the lack of self-examination on Zero''s part and the absence of a definitive conclusion to the work which makes Calle 10 a frustrating and disappointing novel. Despite some compelling writing, brazenly realistic at times, it reads like only a fraction of a much larger piece. As an author Romero has talent to spare, but one only wishes that in a novel-length book he had worked longer and more thoughtfully on his characterisations.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
156
ISBN-13:
9781562790905
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1562790900
Udg. Dato:
1 nov 1996
Størrelse i cm:
19,2 x 12,8 x 1,5
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
1 nov 1996
Forfatter(e):
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