Tijuana Book of the Dead

Tijuana Book of the Dead
Authors
Urrea, Luis Alberto
Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Tags
poetry
ISBN
9781619025158
Date
2015-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.27 MB
Lang
en
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From the author of Pulitzer-nominated *The Devil's Highway* and national bestseller *The Hummingbird's Daughter* comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society.