Texas: The Great Theft: 10th Anniversary Edition

By Carmen Boullosa

Book Overview

A contemporary classic from award-winning author Carmen Boullosa, in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges and C sar Aira, now available in a special Tenth Anniversary Edition.

Loosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, Texas: The Great Theft is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through a new lens decentering US narratives, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters--Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls--makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing.

Featuring a new introduction by Merve Emre, the Tenth Anniversary Edition of Texas sheds important historical light on current battles over the Mexican-American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1646053532
• ISBN13: 9781646053537
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"