{"product_id":"9781558852563","title":"Odyssey to the North","description":"\u003cp\u003eFiction. Latino\/a Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Susan Giersbach Rascon. Showing both the heartbreak and the humor of life in a strange culture, award-winning author Mario Benecastro creates a caring portrait of Calixto as he seeks not only work, but safety from unjust persecution in his homeland. The even-tempered prose of this quietly resolute political novel gives voice to a generation of Central American immigrants...The novel's dramatic tension emerges through a series of interpolated flashbacks. Through an artful collage of the conversations between [the hero] Calixto and his friends, news reports, courtroom transcripts, love letters, and anecdotes, Bencastro documents the hardships Calixto suffers...Unpretentious and reportorial, Benecastro's tone is welcomingly understated — and his message is more powerful for it — Publishers Weekly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arte Publico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049709355248,"sku":"9781558852563","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558852563_p0.jpg?v=1763755712","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558852563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}