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María Amparo Escandón

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June 19, 1957 in Mexico

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María Amparo Escandón is a Mexican born, US resident, best-selling bilingual novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film producer. Her award-winning work is known for addressing bicultural themes that deal with the immigration experience of Mexicans crossing over to the United States. Her stories concentrate on family relationships, loss, forgiveness, faith, and self-discovery. A linguist with a sharp ear for dialogue, she explores the dynamics of language in border sub-cultures and the evolution of Spanglish. Her innovative style of multiple voice narrations and her cleverly humorous, quirky, and compassionate stories with a feminine angle capture the magical reality of everyday life and place her among the top Latin American fema...more

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Books by María Amparo Escandón

Average rating: 3.74 · 867 ratings · 151 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Gonzalez and Daughter Trucking Co.: A Road Novel with Literary License by María Amparo Escandón, Maria Amparo Escandon 3.76 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Esperanza's Box of Saints: A Novel by María Amparo Escandón, Maria Amparo Escandon 3.73 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions	My rating: