{"product_id":"caramba-spanish-edition-isbn-9781400077380","title":"¡Caramba! (Spanish Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn “absurdly entertaining first novel” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e) about mamacitas and mariachis, fiestas and tupperware parties, rodeos and Miss Magma beauty contests. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Endlessly inventive ... very funny. Martinez’s deadpan perspective on faith, romance and the uneasy bonds of family is truly wonderful.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNatalie and Consuelo are like-minded individuals who live in Lava Landing, California. When they aren’t working at The Big Cheese Plant, they get all dolled up for the racetrack, or go for at a tequila float at The Big Five Four. They urgently need to get Consuelo’s father out of Purgatory: he won’t stop turning up in women’s dreams until they do. But that means a trip to Mexico, and Consuelo still hasn’t gotten over her fear of long car rides….\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this touching and dazzling fresh novel, inspired by La Loter’a, a Mexican game of chance not unlike bingo, the American experience emerges in a brilliant new language and landscape.“Endlessly inventive ... very funny. Martinez’s deadpan perspective on faith, romance and the uneasy bonds of family is truly wonderful.” \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An absurdly entertaining first novel . . . . With a born-again mariachi and his witchcraft practicing mother, a vixen recently jailed for her involvement in moving tamales stuffed with mala hierba, a beautician who’s part mamacita, part papacito, and a volcano that could blow at any moment, \u003ci\u003eCaramba! \u003c\/i\u003eis a dizzying Mexican hat dance.\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As mesmerizing as acrobats in Cirque du Soleil and as rich as a double-fudge chocolate  cake . . . Riotously funny . . . Magical. In Lava Landing . . . also resides a spiritual  reality so much a part of Mexican tradition . . . Quite a trip.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Miami  Herald \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003e¡Caramba! \u003c\/i\u003emay be the most entertaining, hilarious and thoroughly enjoyable  reading experience many folks will have this year . . . Take one part Gabriel García  Márquez, one part John Irving and one part Tom Robbins, cram into a blender, set  it all on puree . . . Martínez writes like a veteran novelist . . . [with] a joy  of her craft found only in the best sort of writers.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Other than being a beautiful book to look  at . . . \u003ci\u003e¡Caramba! \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautiful book to interact with, getting us to connect with  the symbols that often feed our cultural and artistic experiences . . . Don’t miss  out on this book!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—San Antonio Express News \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[A] lighthearted  homegirl epic . . . Crammed with bright Lotería cards, maps, and letters, the volume  bursts with color and high spirits.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Entertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A wild ride of a novel  that will remind many readers—with its rash of characters caught in high drama–of  the oh-so-popular telenovela dramas on Spanish-language television . . . Pure adrenaline  and lots of fun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Santa Cruz Sentinel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A triumph of whimsy and imagination–Monty  Python meets \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude . . . \u003c\/i\u003eWow! This is something absolutely  and authentically new! This author is going to be a star.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco  Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Riotous . . . [Tells of] a fictional California town, where the women’ s lives are as unpredictable as the nearby volcano.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Latina \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Extremely colorful  and dynamic characters . . . [Don Pancho’s] story reminds me of García Márquez’s  short stories and the continuous development of the magical realism movement . .  . A composite of funny and very creative stories . . . entertaining.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Candela \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A smart, antic, sexy and funny frolic. Martínez both celebrates and pokes  fun at Mexican traditions (including the Bingo-like game Lotería, the source of the  novel’s lively illustrations) as she asks what it means to be a man and what it means  to be a woman and considers how we cope with loneliness, make the transition from  romance to love, and age with grace.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Booklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[An] effervescent, luminous  debut. Although the novel has a slew of protagonists, readers first meet Natalie  and Consuelo (Nat and Sway), two firecrackers with an ‘ever growing fascination with  the wideness of the world’ . . . Martínez, in a bubbly mix of English and Spanglish,  draws on magical realism, kitschy humor and tongue-in-cheek clichés . . . but there’ s truth behind the zany humor….serious truth telling about love and happiness in  life and death.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “[These] Mexican-Americans in a southern California  town enjoy the hell out of pretty much everything in a slangy, self-assured debut.  Best girlfriends Natalie Stevens and Consuelo ‘Sway’ Gonzales Contreras, a couple  of cuties in their 20s are at the heart of things in this confection, but they share  the stage with a fairly large cast of ghosts, whores, evangelical mariachi musicians,  day laborers, transvestites, and a volcano as an eventful summer elapses . . . Everybody  dances when there’s a little bit of time, and there’s always something interesting  to eat . . . A great deal of fun. Chica-lit to be savored.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Essential  . . . a manic first novel . . . imbued with magical realism, about the wacky goings-on  in small Lava Landing, CA . . . a great read.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Library Journal \u003c\/i\u003e(starred) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e“¡Caramba!\u003c\/i\u003e is about six characters in search of a volcano. It’s ‘Thelma and Louise’ on the border.  And Nina Marie Martínez really knows her stuff: zanier than a telenovela, funnier  than a Mexican-cowboy western.”\u003cbr\u003e—Sandra Cisneros, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaramelo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e“\u003ci\u003e¡Caramba!\u003c\/i\u003e is a jubilant celebration of story, language, and the fabulous  in the familiar. Martínez weaves a vibrant magic around divine women and men striving  for divinity.”\u003cbr\u003e—Katherine Dunn, author of \u003ci\u003eGeek Love\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Magical realism meets \u003ci\u003ela cultura  de K-Mart \u003c\/i\u003ein Nina Marie Martínez’s lively, beautifully observed \u003ci\u003e¡Caramba!\u003c\/i\u003e The tone  of a Tom Robbins book, fueled with a chicks-rule sensibility…Natalie and Consuelo  are more fun than a barrel of axolotls.”\u003cbr\u003e—John Sayles, author of \u003ci\u003eLos Gusanos\u003c\/i\u003e and  director of \u003ci\u003eCasa de los Babys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNina Maria Martínez nació en San José, California, y es hija de un padre méxicoamericano de primera generación y una madre estadounidense de ascendencia alemana. A pesar de no haber terminado la escuela secundaria, es licenciada en literatura de la Universidad de California en Santa Cruz. Además de escribir novelas, ella es entusiasta de la ropa de épocas anteriores, reliquias que busca y luego pone a la venta. También es una gran aficionada al béisbol. Actualmente vive en el norte de California, en donde se dedica a escribir su segunda novela.","brand":"Vintage Espanol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300633235685,"sku":"NP9781400077380","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781400077380.jpg?v=1767723391","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/caramba-spanish-edition-isbn-9781400077380","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}