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Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream
Sam Quinones
True Tales of Mexican Migration
University of North Texas Press
May 2007
On Sale: May 16, 2007
326 pages
ISBN: 082634254X
EAN: 9780826342546
Hardcover
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Sam Quinones’s first book, True Tales From Another Mexico,
was acclaimed for the way it peered into the corners of that
country for its larger truths and complexities. Antonio’s
Gun and Delfino’s Dream, Quinones’s second collection of
nonfiction tales, does the same for one of the most
important issues of our times: the migration of Mexicans to
the United States. Quinones has covered the world of Mexican immigrants for the
last thirteen years--from Chicago to Oaxaca, Michoacan to
southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. Along the way, he
has uncovered stories that help illuminate all that Mexicans
seek when they come north, how they change their new
country, and are changed by it. Here are the stories of the Henry Ford of velvet painting in
Ciudad Juarez, the emergence of opera in Tijuana, the
bizarre goings-on in the L.A. suburb of South Gate, and of
the drug-addled colonies of Old World German Mennonites in
Chihuahua. Through it all winds the tale of Delfino Juarez,
a young construction worker, and modern-day Huckleberry
Finn, who had to leave his village to change it. "Sam Quinones is a border legend. For those in the know, his
reportage has been cause for celebration. Now, with
Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream he takes us behind the
lines and undercover. He puts a human face on 'illegal
immigration,' and he gives us stunning stories of survival
and dread. However, he accomplishes something more valuable
than a mere parade of sensational set pieces--Quinones
starts to put the complex issues in the light of
understanding and hard-won wisdom."--Luis A. Urrea, author
of The Devil's Highway and The Hummingbird's Daughter These stories of real people who have immigrated to the U.S.
from Mexico show how they have changed their new country and
how they are changed by it.
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