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Sex As a Political Condition: A Border Novel Copertina flessibile – 30 giugno 2015

Edizione Inglese di Carlos Nicolás Flores (Autore)
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Sex as a Political Condition: A Border Novel is a raucous, hilarious journey through political dangers that come in all shapes, cup sizes, and sexual identities, a trip into the wild, sometimes outrageous world of the Texas-Mexico border and all geographical and anatomical points south.

Honoré del Castillo runs the family curio shop in the backwater border town of Escandón, Texas, and fears dying in front of his TV like some six-pack José in his barrio. Encouraged by his friend Trotsky, he becomes politically active—smuggling refugees, airlifting guns to Mexican revolutionaries, negotiating with radical Chicana lesbians—but the naked truths he faces are more often naked than true and constantly threaten to unman him. When a convoy loaded with humanitarian aid bound for Nicaragua pulls into Escandón, his journey to becoming a true revolutionary hero begins, first on Escandón’s international bridge and then on the highways of Mexico. But not until both the convoy and Honoré’s mortality and manhood are threatened in Guatemala does he finally confront the complications of his love for his wife and daughter, his political principles, the stench of human fear, and ultimately what it means to be a principled man in a screwed-up world.
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  1. Parte della serie
    The Americas
  2. Lunghezza stampa
    390 pagine
  3. Lingua
    Inglese
  4. Editore
    Texas Tech Univ Pr
  5. Data di pubblicazione
    30 giugno 2015
  6. Dimensioni
    15.24 x 3.05 x 22.86 cm
  7. ISBN-10
    0896729303
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0896729308
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L'autore

A native of El Paso, Carlos Nicolás Flores is a winner of the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and author of a young adult novel, Our House on Hueco (TTUP, 2006). As director of the Teatro Chicano de Laredo and a former director of the South Texas Writing Project, he has long been engaged in the promotion of new writers and writing about the Mexican-American experience. He teaches English at Laredo Community College in Laredo, Texas.

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  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Texas Tech Univ Pr (30 giugno 2015)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Copertina flessibile ‏ : ‎ 390 pagine
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0896729303
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0896729308
  • Peso articolo ‏ : ‎ 610 g
  • Dimensioni ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 3.05 x 22.86 cm
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5,0 su 5 stelle The characters in this book are extremely funny, particularly the protagonist Honore Del Castillo and his ...
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 28 aprile 2016
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Upon hearing I had to not only read a book, but also write about it, I dreaded it. Then I saw the title Sex as a Political Condition and I thought, “Well, the title’s interesting at least.” Although I procrastinated reading the book, once I finally did it became a clichéd “can’t put it down” type of book. It’s filled with a lot of comedy about everyday ideas and topics. The characters in this book are extremely funny, particularly the protagonist Honore Del Castillo and his colorful way and obsession with the female body particularly the breasts. From what I’ve read Castillo seems to be madly in love- with his wife’s breasts. Many characters in this book make it funny. There’s also adventure due to Honoroe being an ex-drug lord and he’s still friends with Tequila who is still a drug lord and drops everything to help whenever he needs it. I found it funny the way the author describes certain characters that I can relate described them like that myself “the gringos are coming today,” “the ones who talk funny English.” I can relate and found it funny when the author described them that way. From what I’ve read the author uses sex as one of the protagonist weakest points. However, I agree with him, because nowadays sex is everywhere we turn. It seems as if the world is overrun by it. Although the way Flores brought it to light was probably one of the only ways people would ever pay attention to the fact that they do these things; and even at that maybe not.
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Belle Flores
5,0 su 5 stelle Brilliant Work!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 27 aprile 2016
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The story line is about a man named Honoré Del Castillo, a former drug trafficker, and his struggles with trying to put hiTs past behind him by doing right for his people. It takes place in Mexican border cities, and revolves around many different characters that bring a lot to the table. There is Tequila, “the bad guy,”—full of machismo—you could say he’s one of the bosses of the drug trafficking world. Tequila constantly tries to lure Honoré back to the criminal world. While Honoré is on his journey, there are some outrageous events that take place, which are hilariously written. The author knows how to convey a multitude of feelings that are simultaneously serious and comical, adding to the depth of the characters. For example, there is this one scene where Honoré, Honey (sanchita), The Governor(a heroin addict), and Killeen (drunken pilot), take a plane to Monterrey to deliver some guns. Mind you, during the flight, there’s cocaine snorting, binge drinking, and last but not least, sex. There is always something exciting going on, I think that’s what keeps the reader tuned in, that and its bathroom humor. Also, I think Honore’s captivation with women’s breasts is highly humorous. For instance, he describes all types and sizes as “maracas, calabasas, mangos, and B-52 bombers.” It is a literally laugh out loud kind of funny. Flores’s book is an entertaining masterpiece and extremely comical, even though it touches very serious topics like drug trafficking and violence.
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Sam Zachry
4,0 su 5 stelle Sex as a Political Condition is not like any novel that I have read before
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Sex as a Political Condition is not like any novel that I have read before. Reading has never been pleasing to me and I’ve always associated it with homework. However, I truly enjoy reading this book because even without the humor the storyline still interests me. The wittiness adds an entertaining and comedic relief from the serious side of the story. I also enjoy how the reader is often able to hear what Honore is thinking. This allows readers to understand what men often think about.
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Daisy
5,0 su 5 stelle Yes in good condition, just as it said
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 5 marzo 2016
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I know less than the basics when it comes to the Hispanic cultural from anything of vocabulary and foods it has always been as great weakness for me. I must say first hearing about this novel knowing that it was written highly influenced by Chicano culture made me uninterested to read it. It is simply something I’m not too familiar about, and a general topic I would not normally seek for in a book honestly speaking. I have started reading the first chapters and I must say I did struggle with the Spanish vocabulary I came across. I noticed the novel has an index in which it defines the words for you which was very helpful and I’ve learned many knew words from it. There has been a few times throughout the novel I come across a word I may not that is part of a joke to the story and as I look back to the index to find the meaning I come back to my page and loose the feeling to the book. In my experience thus far, the story is mildly entertaining for my taste but I am willing to give it a try. It is something new to me but I find new things rather more interesting that the ordinary.
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Sasha Jones
5,0 su 5 stelle After living so many years in cities like Nuevo Laredo
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 13 aprile 2016
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I came along a preview of chapters one and two on Amazon. Begrudgingly, I started reading and a couple minutes later found myself completely caught in the story. After living so many years in cities like Nuevo Laredo, Mazatlan and Los Cabos, it was easy for me to identify the problems, situations and characters. Honoré reminds me of many men I know such as friend, neighbors, ex-boyfriend’s and family members. He is a well created character that really does explain how a Mexican man is! We see these perfect gentlemen on the telenovelas, and of course there are very well educated men in Mexico, but the reality is that they are more like Honoré than any other. One of the many things I love about this novel is the use of double meaning phrases that are very used in Mexican day to day slang and only a true Mexican will understand. The situations are perfectly described and the humor is great! I don’t understand why so much racket about the maracas! After reading this novel I will know exactly how men in this border town describe women and not in an offensive but in a humorous way. This book definitely helped me understand better the Hispanic culture, political problems and men.
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