Mart�n and Marvin: A Chicago Jewish Mexican, His Friend with Boricua Wife, and their Latin Worlds
Critics say: ***** A special contribution to contporary American literature. ***** An amazing book that will touch your heart.**** A book with poetic imagery and philosophical depth. **** Well written and entertaining, this book...is a saga of true friendship.**** It's a gem. Can friendship exist in the contemporary world? If so, how? Otherwise, when and how did the friendship die? Did it ever exist? What was it or of what is it composed Is the friendship of today similar to or different from the friendship of the past? How to deal with an unbearable friend? How to handle a friendship when at least one has a Puerto Rican spouse and the other is a loner who seeks the love of the women within his reach or, as the spouse would say, is a serial predator who always seeks to exploit as many women as he can?
This book tells the story of Martín Klein, a Jewish Mexican living in Chicago--his family ties, friendships and love affairs, his artistic endeavors, his travel adventures and misadventures. Centering on the relationship of Klein and his closest friend, Melvin, this combination of stories forms a speical kind of short, fragmentary novel that explores friendship today, as well as the rise of Latino in Chicago and beyond.
Millions of viewers have seen and loved François Truffaut's Jules et Jim; now those who read in Spanish many will be able to enjoy Martín and Melvin.
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This book tells the story of Martín Klein, a Jewish Mexican living in Chicago--his family ties, friendships and love affairs, his artistic endeavors, his travel adventures and misadventures. Centering on the relationship of Klein and his closest friend, Melvin, this combination of stories forms a speical kind of short, fragmentary novel that explores friendship today, as well as the rise of Latino in Chicago and beyond.
Millions of viewers have seen and loved François Truffaut's Jules et Jim; now those who read in Spanish many will be able to enjoy Martín and Melvin.
Mart�n and Marvin: A Chicago Jewish Mexican, His Friend with Boricua Wife, and their Latin Worlds
Critics say: ***** A special contribution to contporary American literature. ***** An amazing book that will touch your heart.**** A book with poetic imagery and philosophical depth. **** Well written and entertaining, this book...is a saga of true friendship.**** It's a gem. Can friendship exist in the contemporary world? If so, how? Otherwise, when and how did the friendship die? Did it ever exist? What was it or of what is it composed Is the friendship of today similar to or different from the friendship of the past? How to deal with an unbearable friend? How to handle a friendship when at least one has a Puerto Rican spouse and the other is a loner who seeks the love of the women within his reach or, as the spouse would say, is a serial predator who always seeks to exploit as many women as he can?
This book tells the story of Martín Klein, a Jewish Mexican living in Chicago--his family ties, friendships and love affairs, his artistic endeavors, his travel adventures and misadventures. Centering on the relationship of Klein and his closest friend, Melvin, this combination of stories forms a speical kind of short, fragmentary novel that explores friendship today, as well as the rise of Latino in Chicago and beyond.
Millions of viewers have seen and loved François Truffaut's Jules et Jim; now those who read in Spanish many will be able to enjoy Martín and Melvin.
This book tells the story of Martín Klein, a Jewish Mexican living in Chicago--his family ties, friendships and love affairs, his artistic endeavors, his travel adventures and misadventures. Centering on the relationship of Klein and his closest friend, Melvin, this combination of stories forms a speical kind of short, fragmentary novel that explores friendship today, as well as the rise of Latino in Chicago and beyond.
Millions of viewers have seen and loved François Truffaut's Jules et Jim; now those who read in Spanish many will be able to enjoy Martín and Melvin.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798331470463 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 09/20/2023 |
| Pages: | 148 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.34(d) |
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