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Lost in the City: Tree of Desire and Serafin: Two Novels by Ignacio Solares

Lost in the City: Tree of Desire and Serafin: Two Novels by Ignacio Solares - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ignacio SolaresSeries:Texas Pan AmericanPublish date:1998-04-01Pages:154
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292777323ISBN-10:292777329UPC:9780292777323Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:MexicoSize:8.79 x 5.82 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC154D5R5K

Cristina, the young protagonist of Tree of Desire, and her little brother Joaqu?n run away from a home that is outwardly normal, but inwardly disfunctional. Lost on the streets of Mexico City, they confront some of the most terrifying aspects of city life. Or is it all a dream? The story suggests, without confirming, that sexual abuse has driven Cristina to her desperate escape. But is it an escape? Are they awakening from a dream, or reentering a nightmare?

Seraf?n, too, is lost in the city. Searching for his father who has deserted the family, he is virtually helpless amid the city dangers. Seraf?n finds compassion in surprising places, but will he survive to return to his mother and their rural village?

These two novels by one of Mexico's premier writers illuminate many aspects of contemporary Mexican life. Solares describes Mexico's different social classes with Dickensian realism. His focus on young protagonists, unusual in Mexican literature, opens a window onto problems of children's vulnerability that know no national borders. At the same time, his use of elements of the fantastic and the paranormal, and his evocative writing style, make reading his novels a most pleasurable experience.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292777323ISBN-10:292777329UPC:9780292777323Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:MexicoSize:8.79 x 5.82 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC154D5R5K

Ignacio Solares is an award-winning novelist and playwright. He also serves as Director of Literature at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Carolyn Brushwood is a professional translator.

John S. Brushwood (1920-2007) was the Roy A. Roberts Professor of Latin American Literature at the University of Kansas.


Publisher: University of Texas Press

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Ignacio Solares

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