Puppet: A Chicano Novella - Softcover

Cota-Cárdenas, Margarita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826322298 ISBN 13: 9780826322296

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2000

Synopsis

Originally published in Spanish and now in its first bilingual edition, Puppet is a complex, challenging, and ultimately compelling narrative. It tells the story of Petra (Pat) Leyva and how she comes to terms with the murder of Puppet, a Chicano youth, and the subsequent police cover-up. Already an underground classic, Puppet will appeal to readers interested in the politics of the Chicano movement and in racial and feminist politics in the United States. The bilingual edition will be welcomed by professors who teach American Studies, Chicano Studies, and Chicana literature.

"Breaches not only new but unique directions in the Chicano novel."--Francisco A. Lomelí, University of California, Santa Barbara

"They will be talking about Puppet for years to come."--Juan Rodríguez, Texas Lutheran University

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A Chicana graduate student learns of a cover-up of the police shooting a young Chicano laborer named Puppet. Both a mystery and a call-to-action novel, Puppet is an underground classic. This is a bilingual edition - Spanish and English.

About the Author:

Margarita Cota-Cárdenas teaches Chicano and Mexican literature at Arizona State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0826322298
• ISBN 13: 9780826322296
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320