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La Vida Loca: El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles (Spanish Edition) [Paperback]

Luis J. Rodriguez (Author), Ricardo Aguilar Melantzon (Translator), Ana Brewington (Translator)
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September 6, 2005
"A los doce años, Luis Rodríguez ya era un veterano de la guerra entre las pandillas de East Los Angeles. Atraído por una cultura pandillera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sinfín de balaceras, golpizas y arrestos y, más tarde, con un miedo cada vez mayor, presenció cómo las drogas, los asesinatos, los suicidios y una delincuencia callejera carente de sentido cobraban la vida de amigos y familiares.

Poco tiempo después, Rodríguez encontro la manera de dejar atrás la vida del barrio a través de la educación y el poder de las palabras. Así pudo liberarse de años de violencia y desesperación. Una vez alcanzado el éxito como poeta chicano varias veces galardonado, Luis llegé a pensar que las calles ya no lo perseguirían, pero entonces su hijo ingresó en una pandilla. Rodríguez luchó por su hijo mediante el relato de su historia personal. La Vida Loca es una vívida croónica que se adentra en las motivaciones de la vida de las pandillas y nos advierte de la muerte y la destrucción que, tarde o temprano, se lleva la vida de sus participantes.

A ratos desgarradoramente triste y cruel, La Vida Loca es a la larga una historia verdadera, llena de inspiración, esperanza y sabiduría, y una lección duramente aprendida para las nuevas generaciones.


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"Rodríguez nos cuenta su historia a través de un relato vivo, crudo...feroz y valiente...He aquí una verdad que ningún televisor, aunque esté encendido noche y día, podría empezar a exponer."

-- Gary Soto, The New York Times Book Review

"Bravo! Luis Rodríguez, por la belleza de una expresión robusta y singular."

-- Piri Thomas, autor de Por Estas Calles Bravas

"Extraordinariamente evocadora y educativa."

-- Paul Ruffins, The Washington Post Book World

Language Notes

Text: Spanish (translation)
Original Language: English --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 286 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Libros en Espanol (September 6, 2005)
  • Language: Spanish
  • ISBN-10: 0743281551
  • ISBN-13: 978-0743281553
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,121,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The son of Mexican immigrants, Luis J. Rodriguez began writing in his early teens and has won national recognition as a poet, journalist, fiction writer, children's book writer, and critic. Currently working as a peacemaker among gangs on a national and international level, Rodriguez helped create Tia Chucha's Café & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars A master piece!, October 17, 2001
This book was excellent! I read it in just a couple of days. Since I first started I couldn't take my eyes of what I was reading. The story is shocking and rude, yet interesting and mind-opening. It explicitly tells the struggles of growing up in a foreign country with everything against you and yet find the way to a new world full of possibilities. Excellent for tenagers, parents, and students.
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5.0 out of 5 stars La Vida Loca, April 30, 2010
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El libro la vida loca es un libro bien bueno. El libro se trata de Luis Rodriguez desde que era un pequeño hasta un hombre joven. El libro menciona como Luis se mete en problemas, hace drogas, y se mete en gangas.
Este Libro me gustò mucho por las palabras descriptivas. Las palabras descriptivas me pintan imagines in mi mente.
Yo recomiendo este libro a personas a que les gustan libros de gangas, drogas, y accìon. En este libro hay mucho de eso.

-- Michael
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5.0 out of 5 stars what i thought about this book, July 7, 1999
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THIS WAS ONE THAT COULD NOT BE PUT DOWN FOR LONG.I DO NOT READ ALOT BUT I TOOK A GLANCE AT THIS AND CONTINUED READING TILL THE END. IT WAS REALLY SOMETHING GREAT TO READ.MY EYES COULDNT GET ENOUGH.
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