The Book of Want

Informationen zum Autor Daniel A. Olivas is the author of five books, including Anywhere But L.A. and Devil Talk . He is also the editor of Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature , which collects sixty years of Los Angeles fiction from Latino/a writers. Olivas received a BA in English literature from Stanford University and a JD from the University of California at Los Angeles. Since 1990 he has practiced law with the California Department of Justice Public Rights Division. Klappentext Maybe the Ten Commandments were just suggestions...When Moses descended Mount Sinai carrying the Ten Commandments, he never could have foreseen how one family in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century would struggle to live by them. With an enchanting blend of social and magical realism, The Book of Want reveals what it means to be fully human.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel A Olivas, Daniel A. Olivas
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2011
• EAN: 9780816528998
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-2899-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Camino del Sol: A Latina and L; Camino del Sol; Camino del Sol: A Latina and L
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology