{"product_id":"mosquito-isbn-9780807006627","title":"Mosquito","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Healing\u003c\/i\u003e—a rare and unforgettable journey set along the US–Mexico border about identity, immigration, and “the new underground railroad.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Jones’s great achievement is to reckon with both history and interiority, and to collapse the boundary between them.”—Anna Wiener, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst discovered and edited by Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones has been described as one of the great literary writers of the 20th century. In \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e, she examines the US–Mexico border crisis through the eyes of Sojourner Nadine Jane Johnson, an African American truck driver known as Mosquito. Her journey beings after discovering a stowaway who nearly gives birth in the back of her truck, sparking her accidental and yet growing involvement in “the new underground railroad,” a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Mosquito’s understanding of the immigrants’s need to forge new lives and identities deepens, so too does Mosquito’s romance with Ray, a gentle revolutionary, philosopher, and, perhaps, a priest. Along the road, Mosquito introduces us to Delgadina, a Chicana bartender who fries cactus, writes haunting stories, and studies to become a detective; Monkey Bread, a childhood pal who is, improbably, assistant to a blonde star in Hollywood; Maria, the stowaway who names her baby Journal, a misspelled tribute to her unwitting benefactor Sojourner; and many more.“Undoubtedly a literary tour de force.”\u003cbr\u003e—James A. Miller, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A major voice in American letters.”\u003cbr\u003e—Adrienne Westenfeld, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e’s voice is melodic, direct, and so conversational that it hooks us immediately and makes us surrender fully to the narrative. . . . To be sure, these observations crackle with wit and a joyful, almost child-like candor.”\u003cbr\u003e—Quinn Eli, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gayl Jones is the Black writer we all want to be when we grow up. . . . \u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e is Gayl Jones unbound, but certainly not untethered, not without her still prodigious storehouses of language, craft, and storytelling prowess.”\u003cbr\u003e—Greg Tate, \u003ci\u003eVoice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMosquito\u003c\/i\u003e will amuse and confuse and instruct and pique and exhaust you. Sometimes the anecdotes are so good you call up friends to share them. There are a hundred times you want to shout, ‘Right on!’”\u003cbr\u003e—Sandra Scofield, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Most apparent, and most surprising, is Jones\u0026amp;rssquo;s sense of humor . . .  Her sly, subversive wit echoes Ishmael Reed at his most sarcastic.”\u003cbr\u003e—Jabari Asim, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of literature’s finest.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karla Strand, \u003ci\u003eMs.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Reading [Gayl Jones’s] inventive prose and earthy dialogue is its own reward.”\u003cbr\u003e—Valerie Boyd, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayl Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kentucky in 1949. She attended Connecticut College and Brown University, and has taught at Wellesley College and the University of Michigan. Her landmark books include \u003ci\u003eCorregidora\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEva’s Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Healing \u003c\/i\u003e(a National Book Award finalist and\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year), \u003ci\u003ePalmares \u003c\/i\u003e(a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction), and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcatcher\u003c\/i\u003e (National Book Award finalist).","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44885618098405,"sku":"NP9780807006627","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807006627.jpg?v=1767732987","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/mosquito-isbn-9780807006627","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}