Bulletproof Vest - The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter

Moving between New York and Mexico, and past and present, Maria Venegas traces her own life and her Mexican father's, through the the stories she inherited from him. Now in paperback.

About the author

MARIA VENEGEAS was born in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico and immigrated illegally to the US at four years old. Bulletproof Vest was excerpted in Granta and in the Guardian in 2009. Her short stories have also appeared in Ploughshares and Huizache. She lives in New York. http://www.mariavenegas.com

Summary

Moving between New York and Mexico, between past and present, this is an unblinking reckoning with a difficult legacy - and an unforgettable introduction to a powerful new literary talent

Product details

• Authors: Maria Venegas
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2015
• EAN: 9781847083470
• ISBN: 978-1-84708-347-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 199 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Novel-like biographies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Mexico, Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs