LA Vida Loca: El Testimonio De UN Pandillero En Los Angeles (Listen to Them) (Spanish Edition) [Abridged] [Audio Cassette]

Leido Por Jorge Galvan (Author)

Book Description

Series: Listen to Them | Publication Date: December 1, 1998

AUDIOLIBRO EN ESPANOL. A los 12 anos, Luis Rodriguez ya era veterano de la guerra entre las gangas de East Los Angeles. Seducido por una cultura ganguera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sin fin de balaceras, golpizas, y arrestos y luego, con miedo acrecentado, presencio como las drogasl, los asesinatos, los suicidios, y los enloquecidos actos de crimen allejero cobraban la vida de sus amigos y parientes. Despues, Rodriguez encontro la manera de salir del barrio mediante la educacion y el poder de las palabras. Asi pudo liberarse de anos de violencia y desesperacion. Una vez alcanzado el exito como poeta chicano premiado. 2 CASSETTES/3 HORAS ABREVIADO

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"El relato de Rodriguez acerca de su crecimiento es vivo, crudo ... feroz y valiente ... Aqui esta una verdad que ningun televisor, aunque este prendido noche y dia, podria empezar a exponer." -- GARY SOTO, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

Language Notes

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

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audiolibros Del Mundo Inc; Abridged edition (December 1, 1998)
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN-10: 1892603012
• ISBN-13: 978-1892603012
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,008,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #41 in Books > Books on Cassette > Spanish Language

More About the Author

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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A master piece!, October 17, 2001

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"uniquewerewolf" (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: LA Vida Loca: El Testimonio De UN Pandillero En Los Angeles (Listen to Them) (Spanish Edition) (Audio Cassette)

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars La Vida Loca, April 30, 2010

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Michael "Michael" (RIPON, WI, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: La Vida Loca: El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles (Spanish Edition) (Paperback)

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

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars what i thought about this book, July 7, 1999

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This review is from: La vida loca: el testimonio de un pandillero en Los Angeles (Paperback)

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.