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Gods Go Begging Paperback – September 1, 2000

by Alfredo Vea (Author)
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Plume (September 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0452281156
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452281158
  • Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsReader Replete
By Roe P. Wiles on October 11, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Not a Spoiler, just an invitation. I'm not a reviewer, can't ever pretend to be, because 'dispassionate' is not in my vocabulary if I love a book inordinately.
Gods Go Begging by Alfredo Vea will stick in this brain for good, in the best possible way. I almost didn't purchase this novel because of the book jacket-a picture of the back view of a solitary guitar/rifle/gas mask toting soldier in half regalia standing on what looks like an airport runway, a small bag with a Vietnam insignia resting by his boot. I assumed a story predominantly about war in the conventional sense. Could not have been more mistaken.
There are at least four wars being *raged* here among these taut and yet simultaneously lovely pages, all framed within rich language and insightful narrative.
Jesse Pasadoble is a defense attorney in San Francisco waging a war against the stupidity of the typical clients and prejudice in the courtroom. He is joined frequently in the courtroom, in the cafe, and in his daily life by others who share their recollections both of darkly humorous cases and the unacceptable unmentionable dark sides which eventually seal off all human beings from one another.
After a crime of tragedic proportions occurs, Jesse's story and that of the victims and the perpetrators, here and now, plus the unmanageable then on another hill in Vietnam thirty years ago, unfold. What follows comprises an incredible novel of pain and waste, devastation and redemption, caring and investigation, revealed by passionate observation of the lunacy of existence through careful, perfect words.. But, and this is a big *but*, the novel flows like silk through the counterpoints of love, ultimate sadness, and intense meaning.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMelville in Vietnam
By A Customer on November 30, 1999
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Belongs on the list of the top ten novels of the 90s. To call Gods Go Begging a "Vietnam novel" or a "Chicano novel" would miss the deepest point. It's true that it ranks with The Things They Carried and Paco's Story as the best fiction written by a Vietnam vet; its primary competition for the deepest novel written by a Chicano is Vea's own La Maravilla. But the real peers of Gods Go Begging are the novels of Dostoevsky, Melville, Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Leslie Silko, Thomas Mann...choose your own favorite. Vea takes us from Vietnam to the war zones of urban America, wresting a vision of hope from the bits and pieces of contemporary despair. "Desire without humanity is war." The sentences are brilliant, the vision profound. Read it. Share it.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTHOROUGHLY CAPTIVATING, EXCEPTIONALLY WELL WRITTEN
By Denise M. on January 24, 2000
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I first read a review of this novel in the California Lawyer,a magazine distributed to the legal community in California. As a member of the criminal defense bar in California and an African American woman, I found the book to be incredibly authentic. Each criminal defendant, from the "supreme being" to the child molester who received over 100 years in prison, represents a defendant I have represented in the past 11 years. More importantly, I found that the book and all of it's 'themes' flowed together. The book describes the devestation which occurred in the Vietnam War and the "babies" which were killed during the war. It also accurately portrayed the plight of several Vietnam vets once they came back to the United States after fighting for 'their country', particularly Mr. Homeless. I appreciated and respected the fact that the author took the time to develop the true impact of the war on those who survived yet never forgot and will always remember, namely Jesse. I also found the authors ability to compare the war in Vietnam with the war that is being waged and fought every single day in every inner city and every courthouse for 'justice'to be absolutely incredible. As a criminal defense attorney, justice is war! This is probably one of the best books that I have read in a very long time. I related most of all to the war stories which always begin with " I once had a guy......."
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5.0 out of 5 starsWHAT A DISCOVERY
By bill jenkins on February 22, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Where has Alfredo Vea been? Or rather, why haven't I heard about him before? Pick up a copy of GODS GO BEGGING and you'll see that Vea is one of America's unknown literary masters. I just saw Vea at the Inter-American book festival in San Antonio and he was incredible. (So many of the other writers, Sandra Cisneros included, seemed so provincial and limited in comparison.) I immediately bought GODS GO BEGGING and was overwhelmed by the complex and riveting narrative and scope of imagination; the novel is destined to be one of the landmark works of fiction this decade. Spanning the themes of displacement, war, violence, love and race, it reads like a contemporary WAR and PEACE, written by a participant, not an observer. Buy it asap and spread the word.
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5.0 out of 5 starsIt is a magical universe
By France Kassing on November 28, 2001
Format: Hardcover
albeit a harsh and very real one in which we live. Alfredo Véa Jr knows this and his experience, empathy, and compassion contribute a texture to this novel which imparts an indelible memory to the reader. One leaves this novel with a permanently altered insight into what it must be like to be a Vietnam vet. On an organic level, we are left gasping at the ugliness of the war many still fight and at the ultimate beauty of the magic which sometimes graces us.
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Raw and difficult

Published 2 months ago by B. Gray
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great read..the writing, the visual imagery..the twists..all make for a an excellent novel

Published 6 months ago by Alfred G.Garcia,MD
5.0 out of 5 starsColorful read.

Great Vietnam era book.

Published 16 months ago by Aleksander Newmann
3.0 out of 5 starsA very poetic writer. I think he could have ...

A very poetic writer. I think he could have benefited from more editing or berhaps less, as geographically it lost track.

Published 20 months ago by Karen Scanlon
5.0 out of 5 starsA New Favorite

I will use this as required reading for my English 101 and 102 students. Anyone interested in history would also
love the insight and revelations that Alfredo Vea brings... Read more

Published on January 24, 2014 by Savy Shopper
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read!

This is not only a great book about the Vietnam War, it is also simply a great read! I especially appreciate the way Vea is able compare/contrast current social issues with those... Read more

Published on December 21, 2013 by Robert E. Pellegrino
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book!

In places this book can be puzzling, and at times metaphysical. The kind of literature that makes you FEEL the mood of the prose. Read more

Published on August 9, 2013 by Charles Phelan
3.0 out of 5 starsAn experience of post traumatic depression

The author seems to be himself in this book - full of post traumatic episodes and rambling, sometimes incoherent thoughts. Read more

Published on August 2, 2013 by CC HEFLER
5.0 out of 5 starsa unique and beautiful picture in words

Anything less than a perfect review would be a grave injustice to those looking to reviews on whether to allow this story into their life.

Published on August 16, 2010 by Fermin
5.0 out of 5 starsCompelling, stayed up late to finish.

I read La Maravilla previously, which I liked very much and have recommended highly over the years.
The Gods Go Begging is as compelling with more teeth, due to the grown up... Read more

Published on June 30, 2010 by Carmen Macias

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