Volunteers from the Tucson Festival of Books have put together a list of their favorite recent reads about Mexico.
Special to the Arizona Daily Star Cinco de Mayo is more of a U.S. thing than a Mexico thing, even though it celebrates a victory by the Mexican Army over France in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.Still, it is always a good time to acknowledge our shared heritage. Almost half of all Tucsonans are of Hispanic heritage, so the Tucson Festival of Books suggests that Cinco de Mayo is a great chance to say “Salud!” to the many recent books featuring the people of Mexico.
People are also reading… “Velvet Was the Night” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. One of the brightest lights in fantasy fiction today, Moreno-Garcia followed “Mexican Gothic” with this tale of a daydreaming secretary, a lonely enforcer and a woman they are both desperate to find. The author was raised in Baja California. She now lives in Vancouver. Her gifts as a storyteller are from somewhere else altogether.
“Abecedario de Juárez” by Julian Cardona and Alice Leora Briggs. In this haunting documentary, a newspaper reporter and an artist describe the deadly intersection of organized crime, police and the military that makes Juárez one of the world’s most violent cities. Cardona’s interviews and Briggs’ spellbinding illustrations provide an essential introduction to the violent world summed up in the Spanglish term, “narcolenguaje.” — Bruce J.
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