Solito : memorias [Spanish language edition]

Author

Javier Zamora

Call Number

• SPANISH 921 Z25 (CEN, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

Primera edición.

Languages

Text in Spanish = en español, translated from the English.

Publication Information

Miami, FL : Vintage Español, 2022.

Physical Description

587 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

Desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador hasta llega a la frontera con Estados Unidos, la aventura de Javier Zamora es un viaje de tres mil millas. Va a reunirse con sus padres, una travesía que en su imaginación infantil durará solo dos semanas, pero que en realidad le tomará dos meses. Viajará solo y, como cualquier niño de nueve anos, será incapaz de preveer el peligro que acecha: los arriesgados viajes en bote, el implacable desierto, las armas y los arrestos, las decepciones que le esperan. Pero tampoco imaginará que, en el camino, encontrará a un grupo de emigrantes que lo protegerán como si fuesen su propia familia. --

"When Javier Zamora was nine, he traveled unaccompanied by bus, boat, and foot from El Salvador to the United States to reunite with his parents. This is his memoir of that dangerous journey, a nine-week odyssey that nearly ended in calamity on multiple occasions. It's a miracle that Javier survived the crossing and a miracle that he has the talent to now tell his story so masterfully. While Solito is Javier's story, it's also the story of millions of others who have risked so much to come to this country. A memoir that reads like a novel, rooted in precise and authentic detail, Solito is destined to be a classic of the immigration experience" -- Provided by publisher.

Notes

Translation of: Solito, a memoir.

Subtitle on cover: Memorias.