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One year just after Christmas when Ximena is thirteen, she overhears her parents talking - a conversation she is not supposed to hear. She catches the word, "father," but wonders why they are whispering? Federico is the only father Ximena has ever known since he and her mom married six years ago. Of course, she knows she has a biological father, but her mom never talks about him - and Ximena never asks. All she knows is that he is "away" and doesn't live near them. But after overhearing her parents' discussion, she starts to wonder why she has no contact with him. At the same time, too, life...

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Trabajo de Investigación del año 2003 en eltema Romanística - Español, literatura, cultura general, Nota: 10, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria , Idioma: Español, Resumen: Al abordar el estudio de El mestizaje cultural en la narrativa canaria última nos planteamos realizar un trabajo inicial en el campo de la investigación, con el fin de llevar a cabo un análisis del fenómeno literario en las Islas Canarias a través de uno de los aspectos más relevantes de la fisonomía socioeconómica y cultural de este Archipiélago. Para hablar del mestizaje es necesario tener presente...

"Welcome to Klail City, in Belken County, along the Mexico border in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, Jehu Malacara chronicles the political rabble-rousing of Klail City’s wealthiest citizens in letters to his cousin Rafe Buenrostro. Led by Arnold "Noddy" Perkins, the who’s who of Belken County create a complex web of relationships. Wrangling bank loans, club memberships, and local politics, Perkins dominates the political and economic landscape of the community. When Malacara turns up missing, and the writer, P. Galindo, begins interviewing...