Read The Gringa - Books Library

The Gringa

Andrew Altschul

4.9/5 (14508 ratings)

Description:A gripping and subversive novel about the tragic consequences of American idealism and the slippery nature of the truth.It is 1998 and Leonora Gelb, a passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, is determined to make a difference. While working in the slums of Lima, Peru, she falls into the orbit of a Marxist revolutionary group; when they are eventually captured, Gelb is sentenced to life in a Peruvian prison.Ten years later, Andres—an aimless American expat novelist—is asked to write a journalistic profile of “La Leo.” In flight from problems of his own, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Peru’s violent history. Is the real Leo an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or naïve puppet?Inspired by the dramatic events surrounding controversial American activist Lori Berenson, Andrew Altschul’s moving new novel maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, passion and violence. It is a coming-of-age story, a political thriller—and a love letter to a troubled nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Gringa. To get started finding The Gringa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 1612198236

Description: A gripping and subversive novel about the tragic consequences of American idealism and the slippery nature of the truth.It is 1998 and Leonora Gelb, a passionate and idealistic Stanford grad, is determined to make a difference. While working in the slums of Lima, Peru, she falls into the orbit of a Marxist revolutionary group; when they are eventually captured, Gelb is sentenced to life in a Peruvian prison.Ten years later, Andres—an aimless American expat novelist—is asked to write a journalistic profile of “La Leo.” In flight from problems of his own, he struggles to understand Leonora, to reconstruct her involvement with the militants, and to chronicle Peru’s violent history. Is the real Leo an activist or a terrorist? Cold-eyed conspirator or naïve puppet?Inspired by the dramatic events surrounding controversial American activist Lori Berenson, Andrew Altschul’s moving new novel maps the blurred boundaries between fact and fiction, author and text, passion and violence. It is a coming-of-age story, a political thriller—and a love letter to a troubled nation.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Gringa. To get started finding The Gringa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Gringa

The Gringa

More Books

Deus Ex Machina

Deus Ex Machina

Lady Lazarus

Lady Lazarus

A New Kind of Gravity

A New Kind of Gravity

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2007

The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco

The End of the Golden Gate: Writers on Loving and (Sometimes) Leaving San Francisco

Ploughshares Winter 2013-2014

Ploughshares Winter 2013-2014

Andrew M. White: Educator, Historian, Diplomat

Andrew M. White: Educator, Historian, Diplomat

Andrew D. White Educator, H, Diplomat

Andrew D. White Educator, H, Diplomat