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The Barbarian Nurseries - by Héctor Tobar (Paperback)

The Barbarian Nurseries - by  Héctor Tobar (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After the husband and wife that she works for disappear, live-in maid Araceli takes their two boys on a journey through sprawling Los Angeles to locate their grandfather.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>Winner of the California Book Award for Fiction<br>A <i>Los Angeles Times</i> Bestseller</b> <p/><b>Best Book of the Year Lists<br><i>The New York Times Book Review</i> - <i>Los Angeles Times</i><br><i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> - <i>The Boston Globe</i></b> <p/>Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson have always relied on others to run their Orange County home. But when bad investments crater their bank account, it all comes down to Araceli: their somewhat prickly Mexican maid. One night, an argument between the couple turns physical, and a misunderstanding leaves the children in Araceli's care. Their parents unreachable, she takes them to central Los Angeles in the hopes of finding Scott's estranged Mexican father---an earnest quest that soon becomes a colossal misadventure, with consequences that ripple through every strata of the sprawling city. Héctor Tobar's <i>The Barbarian Nurseries</i> is a masterful tale of contemporary Los Angeles, a novel as alive as the city itself.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A book of extraordinary scope and extraordinary power." --<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>"Tobar exhibits a seismographic sensitivity to the tensions along the fault lines of his cultural terrain....His illuminations become our recognitions." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>"Both timely and timeless...Tobar continually creates moments of uncommon magic." --<i>Elle</i> <p/>"Tobar looks at Los Angeles like Tom Wolfe took on New York in The Bonfire of the Vanities. Race, class, crime, immigration, marriage trouble, and tabloid-ready news stories--it's all here." --<i>New York Post</i> <p/>"Each moment surprises....Darkly hilarious and moving." --<i>The Washington Post</i> <p/>"That Tobar is so evenhanded, so compassionate, so downright smart, should place The Barbarian Nurseries on everyone's must-read list." --<i>The Seattle Times</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Héctor Tobar</b> is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of <i>Translation Nation, </i><i>The Tattooed Soldier, </i>and<i> Deep Down Dark, </i>filmed as the major motion picture<i> The 33. </i>The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of the city of Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children.

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