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Read by Luis Alberto Urrea

By Luis Alberto Urrea

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  1. Audiobook Download (Unabridged)
  2. ebook $10.99 $13.99 CAD
  3. Hardcover $36.00 $46.00 CAD
  4. Trade Paperback $17.99 $22.99 CAD

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This hard-hitting, beautiful short story collection from one of America's preeminent literary voices “reflect[s] both sides of his Mexican-American heritage while stretching the reader's understanding of human boundaries” (Kirkus).

Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice.

Suffused with wanderlust, compassion, and no small amount of rock and roll, The Water Museum is a collection that confirms Luis Alberto Urrea as an American master.

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  • PRAISE FOR INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH:

    "Deliciously composed...[Urrea writes] in a sweet but serious style...The plot gathers as much strength as the prose."
    Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
  • "Awash in a subtle kind of satire...A funny and poignant impossible journey...Into the Beautiful North is a refreshing antidote to all the negativity currently surrounding Mexico."
    Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News
  • "Magical."
    Vanity Fair
  • "A spirited and enjoyable fable."
    San Francisco Chronicle
  • "Riotously funny....A wonderfully entertaining novel."
    Philadelphia Inquirer

On Sale
Apr 7, 2015
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781478903383

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Luis Alberto Urrea

About the Author

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his landmark work of nonfiction The Devil’s Highway, now in its thirty-fourth paperback printing, Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of numerous other works of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including the national bestsellers The Hummingbird’s Daughter and The House of Broken Angels, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, he lives outside Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois Chicago.

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