Paraíso Portátil / Portable Paradise (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
The watchman feels very fortunate to have a job in El Salvador after the civil war, when so many people are unemployed. It's boring but easy work, taking care of a new house that belongs to a Salvadoran couple living in Los Angeles. When he thinks about his...
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The watchman feels very fortunate to have a job in El Salvador after the civil war, when so many people are unemployed. It's boring but easy work, taking care of a new house that belongs to a Salvadoran couple living in Los Angeles. When he thinks about his previous jobs—day laborer, coffee harvester, highway construction worker—he's even more grateful. All he has to do is water the plants and cut the grass, and of course, keep thieves from stealing all the furnishings. And once a month, he reassures the owners that their beautiful home in their beloved homeland remains in good condition until their next visit. Then one day, everything changes.Acclaimed Salvadoran writer Mario Bencastro examines themes of war, dislocation, and longing in this bilingual collection of stories, poetry, and one novella. Many of his characters are forced to leave their homelands because of violence and poverty. But once in the Promised Land, separated from family and friends and in a country whose language and culture they don't understand, many find themselves overwhelmed by feelings of loss and nostalgia.In Dragon Boy, a group of children orphaned by El Salvador's civil war band together to survive, even as they are exploited by predators. In The Plan, a successful Swiss millionaire returns to his native El Salvador—which he left as a defenseless orphan—and executes his ruthless plan to take revenge on those responsible for the brutal killings of his family. And in From Australia with Love, a Salvadoran émigré plans to marry a countryman she met on the Internet, until they realize that they have met before.Readers will not soon forget Bencastro's moving images fueled by the horrible realities of war and the painful need to leave behind all that is dear.
Autoren-Porträt von Mario Bencastro
A native of El Salvador, Mario Bencastro is an award-winning novelist, playwright and painter. He took up the brush and canvas as the first outlet for his artistic expression. The medium garnered him remarkable success from an early age, with his works gracing the walls of major galleries in El Salvador, the United States, Latin America and Europe. Despite his success as a painter, the social and political drama unfolding in his country compelled him to concentrate his artistic endeavors in literature. His first novel, A Shot in the Cathedral (Arte Público Press, 1996), is a powerful work focusing on the coup d'etat in El Salvador in 1979. It was a finalist in the international Diana y Novedades Literary Prize. His work includes: The Tree of Life: Stories of Civil War (1997), Odyssey to the North (1998), Viaje a la tierra del abuelo (2004), A Promise to Keep (2005), and Paraíso portátil / Portable Paradise (2010).John Pluecker received his undergraduate degree in Ethnic Studies and Gender Studies from Yale University and his master's degree in Spanish from the University of Houston in 2007. His fiction and poetry have appeared in journals such as The Julie Mango, Picnic Altanoche, and New Texas, and his non-fiction has appeared in Clamor Magazine and El Diario de Tampico. He is the translator of Under the Texas Sun/El sol de Texas (Arte Público Press, 2007) by Conrado Espinoza, Brujas, lechuzas y espantos/Witches, Owls and Spooks (Arte Público Press, 2008) by Alonso Perales, and Under the Bridge/Bajo el Puente(Arte Público Press, 2008) by Rosario Sanmiguel. He currently teaches Spanish at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and lives in Houston.
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- Autor: Mario Bencastro
- 2010, Englisch
- Übersetzer: John Pluecker
- ISBN-10: 1611925916
- ISBN-13: 9781611925913
- Erscheinungsdatum: 31.03.2010
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