{"product_id":"crossing-vines-rigoberto-gonzalez-9780806161761","title":"Crossing Vines: A Novel Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the grim reality of Southern California's grape fields, even the sun is a dark spot. For the migrant grape pickers in \u003ci\u003eCrossing Vines\u003c\/i\u003e, Rigoberto Gonz疝ez's novel that spans a single workday, the sun is a constant, malevolent force. The characters endure back-breaking, monotonous work as they succumb to the whims of their corrupt bosses. Each minute the sun rises higher in the sky is an eternity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe textures, smells, sights, and emotions of their daily existences engulf the lives of the Mexican laborers. Scarce drinking water, sweltering heat, splintered fingers, contempt for the job, and violence toward one another compose their unflinchingly dark world. In Gonz疝ez's brutally honest story, the characters are compelled forward mercilessly by the rising crisis that envelops their interconnected stories. This uncompromisingly thought-provoking tale gives names and faces to the anonymous agricultural laborers, whose lives are like the tangled vines of the fruits of their labor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot since Tom疽 Rivera's \u003ci\u003e. . . And the Earth Did Not Devour Him\u003c\/i\u003e has a novel converged on the lives of migrant workers so profoundly. Like Rivera, Gonz疝ez employs nostalgia for Mexican tradition as he looks at the family feuds, economic injustices, and racism prevalent in the migrant worker experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rigoberto Gonz疝ez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806161760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806161761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Rigoberto Gonz疝ez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980561481983,"sku":"9780806161761","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a30fcbb0-1ec0-4e22-a868-be3bf112285b.jpg?v=1683250606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-vines-rigoberto-gonzalez-9780806161761","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}