{"product_id":"crossing-vines-9780806161761","title":"Crossing Vines","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the grim reality of Southern California's grape fields, even the sun is a dark spot. For the migrant grape pickers in \u003cem\u003eCrossing Vines\u003c\/em\u003e, Rigoberto González's novel that spans a single workday, the sun is a constant, malevolent force. The characters endure back-breaking, monotonous work as they succumb to the whims of their corrupt bosses. Each minute the sun rises higher in the sky is an eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe textures, smells, sights, and emotions of their daily existences engulf the lives of the Mexican laborers. Scarce drinking water, sweltering heat, splintered fingers, contempt for the job, and violence toward one another compose their unflinchingly dark world. In González's brutally honest story, the characters are compelled forward mercilessly by the rising crisis that envelops their interconnected stories. This uncompromisingly thought-provoking tale gives names and faces to the anonymous agricultural laborers, whose lives are like the tangled vines of the fruits of their labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot since Tomás Rivera's \u003cem\u003e. . . And the Earth Did Not Devour Him\u003c\/em\u003e has a novel converged on the lives of migrant workers so profoundly. Like Rivera, González employs nostalgia for Mexican tradition as he looks at the family feuds, economic injustices, and racism prevalent in the migrant worker experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rigoberto Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806161761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGonzález, Rigoberto:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRigoberto González \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eSo Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks\u003c\/i\u003e, a selection of the National Poetry Series, and \u003ci\u003eSoledad Sigh-Sighs, \u003c\/i\u003e a book for children. The recipient of a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and of writing residencies in Spain, Brazil, and Costa Rica, he currently lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40151914250355,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_473137d3-aa61-4d68-b5d2-f1972ebc3ce5.jpg?v=1654781689","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/crossing-vines-9780806161761","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}