Brownsville
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At the country's edge, on the Mexican border, Brownsville, Texas, is a town like many others. It is a place where people work hard to create better lives for their children, where people bear grudges against their neighbors, where love blossoms only to fade, and where the only real certainty is that life holds surprises.
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This book has sat, sadly I believe, on my shelf since 2007. Worse I not only have this one but Casares' subsequent first novel.
Brazos Bookstore is hosting Casares Tuesday night and I might go. If nothing else, this prompted me to pull this from my bookshelf yesterday and read it.
Brownsville is a book of stories that all take place in...no surprise here...Brownsville, a city in the most distant reaches of Texas, right next to the border with Mexico.
In every way, a satisfying book. If the stories have the feel of coming through the Creative Writing School Factory, so be it. Every story is well crafted and Brownsville is everywhere in these stories. Words in Spanish like salt in my stew, just enough to slow down my reading and reread now and then.
