American Dreams

by Eduardo González Viaña

Overview

No one knows how Porfirio entered the United States. Some say he traveled on the winds of a sandstorm, others say he walked over the hills, and still others say he flew. In the first story of this masterful collection, Porfirio, the donkey, follows the very real, human flight north. Whimsical and magical, Porfirio's journey becomes mythologized as part of the lore of the trail of people moving north.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611926040
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	05/30/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	216 KB

About the Author

Peruvian-born Eduardo González Viaña pens bold and powerful depictions of immigrant life as they face fierce challenges adapting to life on this side of the border. He holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Language and Literature, a law degree, and is a member of the Academy of Spanish Language. He came to the U.S. in 1990 as Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, and joined the faculty at Western Oregon University in 1993. He has been awarded Peru's National Prize for Literature, the Juan Rulfo Award, and the prestigious Latino Literature Prize by the Latin American Writers Institute of New York. He is the author of several collections of short stories, among them, Los sueños de América (Alfaguara, 2000), Las sombras y las mujeres (Mosca Azul Editores, 1996); and Batalla de Felice en la casa de Palomas (Editorial Losada, 1969), which won the Premio Nacional de Fomento a la Literatura. He is the author of four novels and two collections of essays. Arte Público Press published his novels American Dreams , in 2005 and El corrido de Dante in 2006.