Under the feet of Jesus
(Book)
Published
New York, NY : Plume, 1996.
ISBN
0452273870, 9780452273870
Lexile measure
1000L
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Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books | FIC VIRAMONTES H. | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Plume, 1996.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
0452273870, 9780452273870
Lexile measure
1000
Notes
General Note
Originally published by Dutton in 1995.
Description
From the Publisher: At the center of this powerful tale is Estrella, a girl about to cross over the perilous border to womanhood. What she knows of life comes from her mother, who has survived abandonment by her husband in a land that treats her as if she were invisible, even though she and her children pick the crops of the farms that feed its people-from the aging but iron-bodied man who reluctantly becomes the head of the family, even as dreams of his youth in Mexico are calling him home-and from the endless highways and vast fields of California, where they travel and work together. But within Estrella, seeds of growth and change are stirring. And in the arms of Alejo, only a few years older than herself, they burst into full fierce flower, as she tastes the joy and pain of first love. Estrella begins to listen to her own inner voice in giving herself to that love. She comes to learn the value of life and discovers her own power to defy a system that would otherwise keep her down. Pushed to the margins of society, she learns to fight back and is able to help the young farmworker she loves when his ambitions and very life are threatened in a harvest of death. Infused with the beauty of the California landscape and shifting splendors of the passing seasons juxtaposed with the bleakness of poverty, this vividly imagined novel, so observant and full of wisdom, is worthy of the people it celebrates and whose story it tells so magnificently. The simple lyrical beauty of Viramontes's prose, her haunting use of image and metaphor, and the urgency of her themes all announce Under the Feet of Jesus as a landmark work of American fiction.
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1000L,Lexile
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Viramontes, H. M. (1996). Under the feet of Jesus . Plume.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Viramontes, Helena María, 1954-. 1996. Under the Feet of Jesus. Plume.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Viramontes, Helena María, 1954-. Under the Feet of Jesus Plume, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Viramontes, Helena María. Under the Feet of Jesus Plume, 1996.
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