Into the Beautiful North
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Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to...
Published By Back Bay Books
Format Paperback
Category
Number Of Pages 368
Publication Date 06/16/2010
ISBN 9780316025263
Dimensions 5.5 inches x 8.25 inches
"[Into the Beautiful North] is deliciously composed...[Urrea writes] in a sweet but serious style...You find it in the dialogue...You find it in the description of the countryside...the plot gathers as much strength as the prose..."—Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
"Awash in a subtle kind of satire...A funny and poignant impossible journey...Into the Beautiful North is a refreshing antidote to all the negativity currently surrounding Mexico." —Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News
"Magical"—Vanity Fair