Benjy Lopez. A Picaresque Tale Of Emigration And Return - 1st Edition/1st Printing

By Barry B. Levine

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• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000W7C28E
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Basic Books

Customer Reviews

great book, very well written

A mindblowing book. I want to find more books by this autho

Highlights from past reviews

``Barry Levine has that increasingly rare gift, the sociological ear. In this book we have the result of his listening-patiently, sensitively, with a fine feeling for nuance to what I'm sure must be one of the most colorful characters in sociological literature.'' Peter L. Berger on the dust jacket of Benjy Lopez ``This book is intended as a positive alternative to much testimonial literature about Puerto Ricans/Neoricans in which they appear as passive victims... The sad absurdity of racial and cultural prejudice is illuminated... Highly recommended.'' Joanna Walsh in Library Journal ``An attempt to redress the balance in the sociological literature about Puerto Ricans... providing a more balanced view of Puerto Rican migrants and of the acculturation process.'' Frank Fernández in Revista/Review Interamericana ``In this book one reads a few paragraphs at random only to find them so interesting that one turns to the first page and reads every page. Benjy is a good antidote to those who believe that the culture of poverty concept is all but divinely inspired... Valuable research, excellent writing.'' Raymond E. Crist in Latin America in Books ``Professor Levine's book is both a labor of love for Puerto Rico and its plight and a fine piece of scholarship.'' Ed Vega in Nuestro ``Bringing to Lopez's story advanced instruments of social science, an effective interpretative scheme, and a solid sociological background, Levine has rescued Third World man from indignity... Few works will better demonstrate the circum-stances of the Puerto Rican in New York than this one by Levine.'' Miguel Barnet in ``A Man and His Potential,'' Caribbean Review. The review appeared in Spanish in Opiniones Latinoamericanas, titled: ``Un puertorrequeño contra el sistema.'' ``I applaud his attempt to give a different picture of Puerto Rican life, one not ridden with despair and resignation like many other writers... have done.'' Helen I. Safa in ``A Tale of Wit and Woe,'' Caribbean Review ``Ojala que Barry Levine, quien con tanto acierto ha sabido comunicamos la personalidad de este hombre puertorrequeño de nuestra epoca, ofrezca en algún momento nuevas noticias que vayan completando esta apasionante `historia picaresca'...'' Juan Mart¡nez Capó in ``Libros de Puerto Rico,'' El Mundo (San Juan) ``Acaba de aparecer un estupendo libro... Tras esa historia aparentemente vulgar, se esconde algo realmente conmovedor: la lucha de un imigrante de origen hispano para ser respetado y apreciado... La labor de selecci¢n de informaci¢n hecha por Barry Levine puede considerarse ejemplar. Ahí estan en ese magnífico libro todas las luchas... de miles de puertorrequeños.'' Carlos AIberto Montaner on the Spanish International Television Network ``A rare work about the Puerto Rican diaspora that leaves the reader on the whole more cheerful when he finishes reading than when he started.'' Gerald Guinness in ``Beating the System,'' Américas. The same