by María Amparo Escandón · Plaza & Janés Editores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788401011856
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«Santitos» is the magic realism novel by María Amparo Escandón, published by Plaza & Janés Editores in hardback (220 pages, in Spanish).
At the behest of Saint Jude Thaddeus, young widow Esperanza Díaz leaves her tropical town in Mexico to search for her missing daughter. Her journey takes her to the brothels of Tijuana and little-known corners of Los Angeles, in an adventure that tests her faith and turns her into an independent woman.
First edition published in 1998 in Barcelona. The English version was published as Esperanza's Box of Saints.
For readers of magic realism and contemporary Latin American fiction, as well as for book clubs.
María Amparo Escandón is a Mexican-born American novelist, writer and film producer. Her work is known for addressing bi-cultural immigration experience of Mexicans. Her work has been translated into over 21 languages.
