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Brando Skyhorse, the PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of The Madonnas of Echo Park, returns with a riveting literary dystopian novel set in a near-future America where mandatory identification wristbands make second-generation immigrants into second-class citizens—a powerful family saga for readers of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West and Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind.Iris Prince is starting over. After years of drifting apart, she and her hus...

Why do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing.For some, "passing" means opportunity, access, or safety. Others don't willingly pass but are "passed" in specific situations by someone else. We Wear the Mask, edited by Brando Skyhorse and Lisa Page, is an illuminating and timely anthology that examines the complex reality of passing in America.Skyhorse, a Mexican American, writes about how his mother passed him as an ...

Named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2014 One of NBC News's 10 Best Latino Books of 2014 "A West Coast version of Augusten Burroughs's Running With Scissors...A funny, shocking, generous-hearted book" (Entertainment Weekly) about a boy, his five stepfathers, and the mother who was determined to give her son everything but the truth.When he was three years old, Brando Kelly Ulloa was abandoned by his immigrant father. His mother...

Bu ülkeye, bir zamanlar bizim olan topraklara, tipki hirsizlar gibi sessizce girdik...Mahallenin Madonnalari, Los Angelesin yillar icinde degisime ugrayan bir mahallesindeki Meksika kökenli sakinlerin hayatlarini aktarirken, bir yandan da Amerika ve Meksika kültürlerinin yakinlasip uzaklastigi noktalara dikkat cekiyor.Bir temizlikci olan Felicia ve kizi Aurora, dans etmeye gittikleri mutlu bir günün, bir cete savasinin kursunlariyla sona ermes...

Reminiscent of Sherman Alexie and Sandra Cisneros, acclaimed author Brando Skyhorse's "engaging storytelling" (Vanity Fair) brings the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles to life in this poignant and propulsive novel following several generations of Mexican immigrants through their shifting cultural and physical landscapes.The Madonnas of Echo Park is both a grand mural of a Los Angeles neighborhood and an intimate glimpse into the lives of ...

Brando aveva tre anni quando suo padre ha abbandonato lui e sua madre in un quartiere di Los Angeles chiamato Echo Park. È stato allora che sua madre, una vera incantatrice, che sapeva inventarsi le bugie più folli e farle sembrare verità, decide che non c'era nessuna ragione di continuare a essere messicani, e che d'ora in poi sarebbero stati indiani nativi americani. Brando Skyhorse suonava molto meglio di Brando Ulloa, e solo anni dopo, qua...