Perched on a dry desert mesa, San Judas is a home of last resort for landless peasants who build makeshift homes and a vibrant community on βworthlessβ land that no one else wants. Or so it seems. Until suddenly, and tragically, everyone wants it for their own. The Road Through San Judas chronicles
The Road Through San Judas
β Scribed by Fraga, Robert;
- Publisher
- PM Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 382 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1604869607
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β¦ Synopsis
Perched on a dry desert mesa, San Judas is a home of last resort for landless peasants who build makeshift homes and a vibrant community on βworthlessβ land that no one else wants. Or so it seems. Until suddenly, and tragically, everyone wants it for their own. The Road Through San Judas chronicles from the inside the colorful characters struggling to save their village from NAFTA regulations, local JuΓ‘rez developers, terrifying drug cartels, violent cholo gangs, and corrupt politicians on both sides of the border. All those interested in the culture and contradictions of modern Mexicoβincluding activists involved in struggles for land, democracy, and justice under international capitalismβwill delight in this novelβs revolutionary humor and compassion.
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