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Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
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Into the Beautiful North: A Novel

by Luis Alberto Urrea

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Little, Brown and Company (2009), Hardcover, 352 pages

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Collections:Your libraryRating:****1/2
Tags:arc, read 2009, contemporary
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I just finished reading this book today and have to say I enjoyed it more as I read further into the book. When I first started reading the book, I kept putting it down, however at a certain point, I kept going. This is a good book for a weekend read. I liked the characters and storyline.
  vgusg1rl | Oct 24, 2009 |
Nayeli is young, beautiful, and fascinated with the Beautiful North; i.e., the U.S. Her father left to find work in Illinois. Most of the village men also went north looking for a better life for their families. Nayeli fears for the safety of her small Mexican village and, along with her home-girls and their gay friend, travels north looking for seven courageous men (as in The Magnificent Seven) to protect the village. Despite this somewhat imprudent premise, there is a lot of drama involved in the border crossing(s) and Nayleli's cross-country trip in search of her father. Urrea's latest effort was interesting, but not in the same caliber as The Hummingbird's Daughter, lacking its scope, passion, and historical detail. ( )
2 vote Donna828 | Oct 19, 2009 |
Bueno! Este libro es muy hard core! This is a great read. You won't want to put it down. The characters that Alberto Urrea develops are well done and hilarious and human. Brings a wider world view to the border issue than one gets from the American media. ( )
  jveezer | Oct 2, 2009 |
Nineteen-year-old Nayeli and her friends come to the realization that there are no men left in their small, poor Mexican village. All of the able-bodied males have gone north to the USA to try to earn money. Bandits come to town and there is no one left to protect the women and children left there. Nayeli and 3 friends decide to go on a mission: Go to the USA and bring back seven men (this, after seeing the movie, The Magnificent Seven) to save the town. Witty and peopled with colorful characters, Into the Beautiful North is an irresistible gem of a book. ( )
  JGoto | Sep 27, 2009 |
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O friends, I have come searching for you,

I crossed over flowering fields,

And here, at last, I've found you.

Rejoice.

Tell me your stories.

O friends, I am here.

- Xayacamach of Tizatlán
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for Megan
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The bandidos came to the village at the worst possible time.
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Canonical titleInto the Beautiful North
People/CharactersNayeli, Tacho, Yoloxochitl ("Yolo"), Verónica ("Vampi"), Tía Irma, Atómiko
Important placesMexico, Tijuana, Mexico, Tres Camarones, Mexico, Kankakee, Illinois, USA
EpigraphO friends, I have come searching for you,
I crossed over flowering fields,
And here, at last, I've found you.
Rejoice.
Tell me your stories.
O friends, I am here.
- Xayacamach of Tizatlán
Dedicationfor Megan
First wordsThe bandidos came to the village at the worst possible time.
Last words(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0316025275, Hardcover)

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village--they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men--her own "Siete Magníficos"--to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.

Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:16 -0400)

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