03101nam a2200553Ii 4500 DIGARTEP0015 NyNyDIG 140612t20102010txu o 000 f spa d m o d cr ||||||||||| DGITA eng rda pn DGITA 9781611922486 (eBook) 1611922488 (eBook) 9781558855168 (alk. paper) 1558855165 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)794493288 spa eng nces--- PQ7539.2.B46 eBook Bencastro, Mario, author. Paraíso portátil = Portable paradise / Mario Bencastro ; English translation by John Pluecker. Portable Paradise Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource (iii, 219 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier English title and translator from covers [pages 1 & 4]. Includes bibliographical references. Online resource; title from ePub and PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed June 13, 2014) Salvadoran writer Mario Bencastro examines themes of war, dislocation, and longing in this bilingual collection of stories, poetry, and one novella. Many of his characters are forced to leave their homelands becaus e of violence and poverty. But once in the Promised Land, separated from family and friends and in a country whose language and culture they don't understand, many find themselves overwhelmed by feelings of loss and nostalgia. In "Dragon Boy," a group of children orphaned by El Salvador's civil war band together to survive, even as they are exploited by predators. In "The Plan," a successful Swiss millionaire returns to his native El Salvador--which he left as a defenseless orphan--and executes his ruthless plan to take revenge on those responsible for the brutal killings of his family. And in "From Australia with Love," a Salvadoran emigre plans to marry a countryman she met on the Internet, until they realize that they have met before. War and society El Salvador Fiction. Children and war El Salvador Fiction. Immigrants El Salvador Fiction. Exiles El Salvador Fiction. Salvadorans Fiction. El Salvador Fiction. Electronic books. Pluecker, John, 1979- translator. Bencastro, Mario. Paraíso portátil. English. Bencastro, Mario. Paraíso portátil. Digitalia (Firm), distributor. Digitalia eBook Collection: Arte Público Press. Print version: Bencastro, Mario. Paraiso portatil. Houston, Tex. : Arte Publico Press, c2010 9781558855168 (DLC) 2010000600 (OCoLC)456169716 Digitalia Hispánica https://www.digitaliapublishing.com/a/23209/ Premium Collection: 2014 RAA 0 0 0 0 DEH BD-UIN BD-UIN 2025-04-25 0 2025-04-25 2025-04-25 RAA 237544 237544