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A Luis Leal Reader
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A Luis Leal Reader Hardcover - 2007

by Leal, Luis

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Northwestern University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.
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  • Title A Luis Leal Reader
  • Author Leal, Luis
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Us and Second ed
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Northwestern University Press
  • Date September 11, 2007
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6135986-6
  • ISBN 9780810124189 / 0810124181
  • Weight 1.67 lbs (0.76 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.32 x 1.35 in (23.22 x 16.05 x 3.43 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Library of Congress subjects American literature - Mexican American, Mexican literature - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007012848
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.986

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Citations

  • Choice, 02/01/2008, Page 1165
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 253

About the author

LUIS LEAL has been a member of the faculty of the University of California at Santa Barbara since 1976. In 1991 he received the Aztec Eagle from the Mexican government and in 1997, the National Humanities Medal from President Clinton. Each year the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature is presented to a landmark work in Latino literature.

ILAN STAVANS is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture and Five-College 40th Anniversary Professor at Amherst College. His recent books include Dictionary Days: A Defining Passion (Graywolf, 2005), and On Borrowed Words: A Memoir ofLanguage (Penguin, 2002). He is also the author of Bandido: The Death and Resurrection of Oscar "Zeta" Acosta (2003) and The Disappearance: A Novella and Stories (2006), both published by Northwestern University Press.