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Author: Cristina Henríquez
Publisher: Knopf
A dazzling, heartbreaking page-turner destined for breakout status: a novel that gives voice to millions of Americans as it tells the story of the love between a Panamanian boy and a Mexican girl: teenagers living in an apartment block of immigrant families like their own.
After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave México and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery-the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes-will not be easy. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles. At Redwood also lives Mayor Toro, a high school sophomore whose family arrived from Panamà fifteen years ago. Mayor sees in Maribel something others do not: that beyond her lovely face, and beneath the damage she's sustained, is a gentle, funny, and wise spirit. But as the two grow closer, violence casts a shadow over all their futures in America. Peopled with deeply sympathetic characters, this poignant yet unsentimental tale of young love tells a riveting story of unflinching honesty and humanity that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be an American. An instant classic is born.
这本小说一经出版就引起了轰动：它讲述了一个巴拿马男孩和墨西哥女孩的爱情故事,他们住在一栋全是移民家庭的公寓楼里。里韦拉斯一家在女儿马里贝尔经历一场致命的车祸后，离开墨西哥来到了美国。他们在特拉华州某个公路边的一栋两层煤渣砌的雷德伍德公寓楼住下，这才发现治愈马里贝尔——一个他们把所有希望都寄托了的美国梦——并没那么容易。语言，民族和文化障碍都让他们举步维艰。
Publisher: Knopf
A dazzling, heartbreaking page-turner destined for breakout status: a novel that gives voice to millions of Americans as it tells the story of the love between a Panamanian boy and a Mexican girl: teenagers living in an apartment block of immigrant families like their own.
After their daughter Maribel suffers a near-fatal accident, the Riveras leave México and come to America. But upon settling at Redwood Apartments, a two-story cinderblock complex just off a highway in Delaware, they discover that Maribel's recovery-the piece of the American Dream on which they've pinned all their hopes-will not be easy. Every task seems to confront them with language, racial, and cultural obstacles. At Redwood also lives Mayor Toro, a high school sophomore whose family arrived from Panamà fifteen years ago. Mayor sees in Maribel something others do not: that beyond her lovely face, and beneath the damage she's sustained, is a gentle, funny, and wise spirit. But as the two grow closer, violence casts a shadow over all their futures in America. Peopled with deeply sympathetic characters, this poignant yet unsentimental tale of young love tells a riveting story of unflinching honesty and humanity that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be an American. An instant classic is born.
这本小说一经出版就引起了轰动：它讲述了一个巴拿马男孩和墨西哥女孩的爱情故事,他们住在一栋全是移民家庭的公寓楼里。里韦拉斯一家在女儿马里贝尔经历一场致命的车祸后，离开墨西哥来到了美国。他们在特拉华州某个公路边的一栋两层煤渣砌的雷德伍德公寓楼住下，这才发现治愈马里贝尔——一个他们把所有希望都寄托了的美国梦——并没那么容易。语言，民族和文化障碍都让他们举步维艰。