{"product_id":"zelestina-in-outer-space-david-romtvedt-9781935709619","title":"Zelestina in Outer Space","description":"For a sixteen-year-old immigrant from a Basque village, northern Wyoming, on a cold February day in 1902, seemed as distant and barren as the moon. Zelestina Urza, who had left her impoverished family, had no idea what lay ahead of her. How would she make a life out of what seemed like less than nothing? In his new novel, David Romtvedt, the Pushcart Prize-award winning author of A Flower Whose Name I Do Not Know, and Wyoming poet laureate, draws the reader into a complex portrait of the immigrant experience in the American West. Zelestina's life story is interwoven with that of her close friend Yellow Bird Daughter-a young Cheyenne Arapaho woman-a lifelong relationship that overcomes obstacles and spans cultural differences. Romtvedt's sharply humorous style, full of pop and literary references, blends the historical and magical into an engaging conversation with the reader. Zelestina Urza is an engaging account of Basque immigration and a piercing look at the American West of the twentieth century, showing two women, one immigrant, one native, both outsiders from the traditional narrative of the Manifest Destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Romtvedt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935709615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935709619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Center for Basque Studies Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/27\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"David Romtvedt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47072185123071,"sku":"9781935709619","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea56ddeb-b174-4de9-a5fd-6c77228353ae.jpg?v=1753416039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zelestina-in-outer-space-david-romtvedt-9781935709619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}