Roberto Garcia, un joven de diecisiete años, tiene grandes esperanzas de tener un futuro distinto al de sus compatriotas de las montañas de Michoacan. Deseoso de una vida prospero que supone se encuentra al otro lado de la frontera. Roberto inicia la peligrosa odisea que mucho inmigrantes han emprendido antes que el. De inmediato, Roberto se encuentra en la tierra prometida: en medio de campos dorados y huertos fértiles donde puede hacer mas dinero en una semana que en un año de trabajo en su pueblo. Sin embargo, rápidamente aprende que el arduo trabajo en los sembradíos bajo el imponente sol no lo llenan de la riqueza, la libertad y del poder que ambicionaba. Roberto esta decidido a abrirse paso en la vida aun en el mundo de trenes atiborrados, de desiertos mortales y de condiciones horripilantes. Esta apasionante novela de Víctor Villasenor, esta repleta de los conflictos espirituales y sociales y los valores económicos de un joven mexicano que se convierte en hombre en los Estados Unidos. "It rings true. His sentences and his characters have the smell of rich earth and honest sweat about them. His story, too, is direct and exciting." -- The San Francisco Examiner " Macho! is poetic in its devotion to realistic detail and classic spareness of style. The relentless, spare detail is stunning, the descriptions of violent encounters among men trying to get to the border in any way possible are terrifying. At the same time, humor of a truly native sort contagiously informs the narrative. It is as if misery and laughter were twins in Villasenor's vision of the human condition." -- Los Angeles Times Heralded Latino writer's first novel about the experience of undocumented Mexican immigrant laborers in the United States is now available in Spanish. From Victor Villasenor, author of the critically acclaimed best seller Rain of Gold, comes the stunning story of a young man's coming of age--a novel that captures the cadences and color, passion and pride of the Mexican-American experience. Roberto Garcia was only seventeen. But he already had big dreams of freedom, respect, money, familia. With ambition to burn and a passion to prove his manhood, Roberto took the dangerous journey north, crossing the Mexican border to pick fruit in the golden fields of California. There, a good man could make more money in a week than in a whole year in the mountains of Michoacan. Nothing could have prepared Roberto for the jammed boxcars and bolted trucks carrying migrants through burning deserts to fields of dreams. But he was determined to become a norteno, coming home with a family to save and a score to settle, no longer a boy, but a man. At once raw and powerful, poetic and heartbreaking, Macho! brings to life the brutality of migrant labor, Cesar Chavez's effort to unionize the workers, and a vivid portrayal of the immigrant experience as seen through the eyes of a young man who saw it all. --This text refers to the paperback edition. VICTOR VILLASENOR is the author of numerous books for adults, young adults, and children. His work for adults includes Burro Genius: A Memoir (Rayo, 2004); Thirteen Senses (Harper-Collins, 2001); Rain of Gold (Arte Publico Press, 1991), a national best-seller; and the non-fiction Jury: The People vs. Juan Corona (Little Brown & Company, 1977). He is also the writer of screenplays, most notably the award-winning The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez . ALFONSO GONZALEZ has translated numerous literary works including Victor Villasenor's Thirteen Senses and Luis Rodriguez's The Republic of East L.A. He teaches at California State University, Los Angeles. Used Book in Good Condition