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OverviewAn unflinching memoir that exposes the illegal immigrant's travails in the U.S. Ramon Tianguis Perez walks eight kilometers from his village carrying a small, vinyl suitcase that holds one change of clothes and a mountain of goodbyes. He is seeking out the highway on a voyage that will curl through Mexico and across the Rio Grande. After three bus rides and a swim across the Rio Grande, Tianguis finds himself jammed in the trunk of the car next to two other men traveling the dusty roads of South Texas. The trunk has no ventilation, save a hole where a stereo speaker once hung, a hole through which Tianguis can see the blue sky and the refracted, light green of the Migra patrol car. This is the original Spanish version of Perez's celebrated first work, Diary of an Undocumented Immigrant, the story, in his own words, of his odyssey through an endless trail of menial jobs and indignities, told with humor and optimism. Through gritty and unrelenting images, the incisive prose offers the reader an authentic history of the United Stats, the history of the immigration of the working class. Numerous social scientists have documented this struggle, but they neglect the personal stories of sweat, toil and tears of real people. Doario de un mojado is the very personal account of an illegal worker and the people he meets, all struggling to carve a life out of the unwelcoming land of the free. Tianguis writes, immigrating was a matter of following the tradition of the village. One could even say that we're a village of wetbacks. Here, that village of wetbacks is given a voice. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ramon PerezPublisher: Arte Publico Press Imprint: Arte Publico Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9781558853454ISBN 10: 1558853456 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 01 May 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English & Spanish Table of ContentsReviews.. .a remarkably honest first-person account that belongs to the rich tradition of Latin American testimonial literature and our own oral history. .. . a remarkably honest first-person account that belongs to the rich tradition of Latin American testimonial literature and our own oral history. Perez tells an emotionally heavy story with clear, detailed narration and a light sense of humor. Diary is a truly credible, and sometimes incredible, document. .. .a remarkably honest first-person account that belongs to the rich tradition of Latin American testimonial literature and our own oral history. Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |