Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California (California Legacy Book) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1890771597 ISBN 13: 9781890771591

Publisher: Heyday Books, 2002

Synopsis

In fiction, poetry, drama, memoirs, and commentary, Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from California presents more than two centuries of Latino presence in California: these are the stories of missionaries, gold miners, zoot suiters, farmworkers, labor organizers, hipsters, political refugees, artists, celebrities, and others, filled with emotion and intelligence, love of language and love of life. A comprehensive and unique selection from a body of work that is transforming the ways in which we understand California, Under the Fifth Sun offers everything from gritty reality to magic realism. It is a celebration, an outcry, and a revelation.

About this title

About the Author:

Rick Heide has a degree in Latin American history from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master's degree from the Institute of Latin American Studies at London University.

Juan Velasco received a PhD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, and a second PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently a professor at Santa Clara University.

Review:

"A plentiful harvest...[this book] is not only a Who's Who but a What's What, When, and Why." -- Ilan Stavans

"Straddling borderds, high academia, and a bilingual bohemia...this is a collection that anyone infatuated with the West should read." -- Ed Morales, author of Living in Spanglish: The Search for Latino Identity in America

About this edition

• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1890771597
• ISBN 13: 9781890771591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Heide Rick