{"product_id":"the-gringo-champion-paperback","title":"The Gringo Champion - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAura Xilonen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrea Rosenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning debut novel by young Mexican author Aura Xilonen, \u003ci\u003e The Gringo Champion \u003c\/i\u003eis a thrillingly inventive story about crossing borders that the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003ecalled one of the must-read books of 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiborio has to leave Mexico, a land that has taught him little more than a keen instinct for survival. He crosses the Rio Bravo, like so many others, to reach the promised land. And in a barrio like any other, in some gringo city, this illegal immigrant tells his story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Liborio narrates his memories we discover a childhood scarred by malnutrition and abandonment, an adolescence lived with a sense of having nothing to lose. In his new home, he finds a job at a bookstore. He falls in love with a woman so intensely that his fantasies of her verge on obsession. And, finally, he finds himself on a path that just might save him: he becomes a boxer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a migrant's story of deracination, loneliness, fear, and finally, love told in a sparkling, innovative prose. It's \u003ci\u003eMillion Dollar Baby \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao\u003c\/i\u003e, and a story of migration and hope that is as topical as it is timeless.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAura Xilonen \u003c\/b\u003eis a novelist and filmmaker. She won the 2015 Mauricio Achar Prize for her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Gringo Champion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701040287807,"sku":"9781609453657","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d3f928c883a4c3bae4bf0d9e70b4ac75.webp?v=1765019106","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gringo-champion-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}