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A Village in the Fields, A Novel
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very good
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- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780996351706
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Eastwind Books of Berkeley
ISBN-10
0996351701
ISBN-13
9780996351706
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211399891
Product Key Features
Book Title
Village in the Fields
Number of Pages
333 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Historical
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
22 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-940386
TitleLeading
A
Synopsis
Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Filipino American Studies. Shortlisted for the 2016 Saroyan Prize for Fiction. A retired Filipino farm worker looks back on his long and costly struggle for civil rights. Fausto Empleo is the last manong--one of the first wave of Filipinos immigrating to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s--at the home for retired farm workers in the agricultural town of Delano, California. Battling illness and feeling isolated in the retirement village built by the United Farm Workers Union, Fausto senses it's time to die. But he cannot reconcile his boyhood dream of coming to the "land of opportunity" with the years of bigotry and backbreaking work in California's fields. Then, his estranged cousin Benny comes with a peace offering and tells Fausto that Benny's son will soon visit--with news that could change Fausto's life. In preparation for the impending visit, Fausto forces himself to confront his past. Just as he was carving out a modest version of the American Dream, he walked out of the vineyards in 1965, in what became known as the Great Delano Grape Strikes. He threw himself headlong into the long, bitter, and violent fight for farm workers' civil rights--but at the expense of his house and worldly possessions, his wife and child, and his tightknit Filipino community, including Benny. In her debut novel, Patty Enrado highlights a compelling but buried piece of American history: the Filipino- American contribution to the farm labor movement. This intricately detailed story of love, loss, and human dignity spans more than eight decades and sweeps from the Philippines to the United States. In the vein of The Grapes of Wrath, A VILLAGE IN THE FIELDS pays tribute to the sacrifices that Filipino immigrant farm workers made to bring justice to the fields., Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Filipino American Studies. Shortlisted for the 2016 Saroyan Prize for Fiction. A retired Filipino farm worker looks back on his long and costly struggle for civil rights. Fausto Empleo is the last manong--one of the first wave of Filipinos immigrating to the United States in the 1920s and 1930s--at the home for retired farm workers in the agricultural town of Delano, California. Battling illness and feeling isolated in the retirement village built by the United Farm Workers Union, Fausto senses it's time to die. But he cannot reconcile his boyhood dream of coming to the "land of opportunity" with the years of bigotry and backbreaking work in California's fields. Then, his estranged cousin Benny comes with a peace offering and tells Fausto that Benny's son will soon visit--with news that could change Fausto's life. In preparation for the impending visit, Fausto forces himself to confront his past. Just as he was carving out a modest version of the American Dream, he walked out of the vineyards in 1965, in what became known as the Great Delano Grape Strikes. He threw himself headlong into the long, bitter, and violent fight for farm workers' civil rights--but at the expense of his house and worldly possessions, his wife and child, and his tightknit Filipino community, including Benny. In her debut novel, Patty Enrado highlights a compelling but buried piece of American history: the Filipino- American contribution to the farm labor movement. This intricately detailed story of love, loss, and human dignity spans more than eight decades and sweeps from the Philippines to the United States. In the vein of The Grapes of Wrath , A VILLAGE IN THE FIELDS pays tribute to the sacrifices that Filipino immigrant farm workers made to bring justice to the fields.
LC Classification Number
PS3605.N73V55 2015
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- k***d (115)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseShipping was insanely fast! Packaging super tough! Came as described and beyond the value. One of my new favorite additions to my books.
- i***p (4146)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseThanks for having this book at a great price. The item was carefully wrapped and protected from any damage. I t was shipped quickly and in very good condition as advertised. Highly recommend seller!Miracles from the Vault: Anthology of Underground Cures (#266975187919)
- w***u (195)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived today, packed well so the program was well-protected. Item in very good condition, exactly as described. Very pleased. A+ seller!