Ricardo Lira Acuña

Prodigal (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the tradition of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye and Sherman Alexie's The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Prodigal follows Ray Mundo, a brilliant but out-of-place Mexican-American teenager, who lands a scholarship to an elite prep school, where he must navigate privilege, temptation, and identity struggles while risking everything-including his future-for a shot at the American Dream.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Archway Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781665784269
• Artikelnr.: 75760748

Autorenporträt

Ricardo Lira Acuña was born and raised on the U.S./Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona to Mexican immigrants. A first-generation Mexican-American, he was the first in his family to graduate from high school (The Lawrenceville School), college (Stanford University) and graduate school (Columbia University). He has published two books of poetry and photography, UNDER THE INFLUENCE and GREETINGS FROM HEAVEN & HELL, and the graphic novel THE REALM.