All the Agents and Saints
«Offers much more than just a very smart and companionable tour of the country's ragged edges. It offers a model for how a curious person, any person who is sufficiently interested, can begin to navigate the boundaries that compartmentalize our country, and ourselves, toward wholeness." - Brad Tyer, Texas Observer
"Some books that you read affect you emotionally because you insert yourself into the story and partially absorb the plotline. Other books can change your destiny […. ] Such is the work combining all of the above by Stephanie Elizondo Griest in All the Agents and Saints." - Charles Kader, Indian Country News Media
"An exploration of the borderlands that deftly mixes memoir, groundbreaking sociology, deep reporting, and compelling writing. . . . Demonstrates unforgettably that national borders constitute much more than lines on a map." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Elizondo Griest glimpses the modern immigrant experience through the lives of people who live in more than one culture. . . . Wrestles with profound questions of identity and belonging in a constantly shifting and increasingly unstable world." - Publishers Weekly»
After a decade of chasing stories around the globe, intrepid travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest followed the magnetic pull home-only to discover that her native South Texas had been radically transformed in her absence. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781469659244
- Utgivelsesår
- 2020
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«Offers much more than just a very smart and companionable tour of the country's ragged edges. It offers a model for how a curious person, any person who is sufficiently interested, can begin to navigate the boundaries that compartmentalize our country, and ourselves, toward wholeness." - Brad Tyer, Texas Observer
"Some books that you read affect you emotionally because you insert yourself into the story and partially absorb the plotline. Other books can change your destiny […. ] Such is the work combining all of the above by Stephanie Elizondo Griest in All the Agents and Saints." - Charles Kader, Indian Country News Media
"An exploration of the borderlands that deftly mixes memoir, groundbreaking sociology, deep reporting, and compelling writing. . . . Demonstrates unforgettably that national borders constitute much more than lines on a map." - Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Elizondo Griest glimpses the modern immigrant experience through the lives of people who live in more than one culture. . . . Wrestles with profound questions of identity and belonging in a constantly shifting and increasingly unstable world." - Publishers Weekly»