The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea

'Epic . . . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining' New York Times 'All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death.' In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan for one last legendary birthday party. But as the party approaches, his mother, nearly one hundred, dies, transforming the weekend into a farewell doubleheader. Among the guests is Big Angel's half brother, known as Little Angel, who must reckon with the truth that although he shares a father with his siblings, he has not, as a half gringo, shared a life. Across two bittersweet days in their San Diego neighbourhood, the revellers mingle among the palm trees and cacti, celebrating the lives of Big Angel and his mother, and recounting the many inspiring tales that have passed into family lore, the acts both ordinary and heroic that brought these citizens to a fraught and sublime country and allowed them to flourish in the land they have come to call home. Timely, exuberant and moving, The House of Broken Angels, which was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, is Luis Alberto Urrea's long-overdue UK debut.

Epic. . Rambunctious . . . Highly entertaining - New York Times

A raucous, moving, and necessary book . . . There's deep heart and tenderness in this novel - San Francisco Chronicle

An immensely charming and moving tale . . . a big, epic story about how hard it is to love with all of your heart - Boston Globe

Humane and often laugh-out-loud hilarious - O, The Oprah Magazine

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of non-fiction The Devil's Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea is also the bestselling author of the novels The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, and Queen of America, as well as the story collection The Water Museum, a PEN/Faulkner Award finalist. He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honours. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

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ISBN 13	9781529359299
ISBN 10	1529359295
Titel	The House of Broken Angels
Autor	Luis Alberto Urrea
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	John Murray Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2019-08-08
Seitenanzahl	336
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