Underground America Narratives of Undocumented Lives
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2017
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786632272
Publisert
2017-07-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
530 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416
Forfatter
Redaktør
Foreword by
Om bidragsyterne
Peter Orner edited Underground America and co-edited Hope Deferred, and is the author of four books of fiction, including the novels The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love. His most recent book, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, was a New York Times Editor's Choice and named a Favorite Book of 2013 by the Wall Street Journal.Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. The critically acclaimed and best-selling author of 13 books, Urrea has won numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. The Devil's Highway, his 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize.
"This book fills a gap in our understanding of the issue by humanizing the people at the center of an otherwise cold debate." Huffington Post
They arrive from around the world for countless reasons. Many come simply to make a living. Others are fleeing persecution in their native countries. Millions of immigrants risk deportation and imprisonment by living in the U.S. without legal status. They are living underground, with little protection from exploitation at the hands of human smugglers, employers, or law enforcement. Underground America, from the Voice of Witness series, presents the remarkable oral histories of women and men struggling to carve a life for themselves in the U.S.
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The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world.
"This book fills a gap in our understanding of the issue by humanizing the people at the center of an otherwise cold debate." Huffington Post
The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world.
The Voice of Witness book series takes a humanizing, literary approach to oral history to illuminate the stories of people impacted by injustice across the world. It features a diversity of voices and issues, including wrongfully
convicted Americans, undocumented immigrants, and individuals living under oppressive regimes in Burma, Zimbabwe and Colombia. Their personal stories offer readers an engaging understanding of issues that might otherwise seem abstract.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786632272
Publisert
2017-07-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
530 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
416
Forfatter
Redaktør
Foreword by
Om bidragsyterne
Peter Orner edited Underground America and co-edited Hope Deferred, and is the author of four books of fiction, including the novels The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo and Love and Shame and Love. His most recent book, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge, was a New York Times Editor's Choice and named a Favorite Book of 2013 by the Wall Street Journal.Luis Alberto Urrea is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. The critically acclaimed and best-selling author of 13 books, Urrea has won numerous awards for his poetry, fiction and essays. The Devil's Highway, his 2004 non-fiction account of a group of Mexican immigrants lost in the Arizona desert, won the Lannan Literary Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize.