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Cross Over Water
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Richard Yañez (Goodreads Author),
Richard Yanez
SYNOPSIS: Raul Luis "Ruly" Cruz is a young Mexican American who lives in El Paso, just across the Rio Grande from Mexico, home of his ancestors and some of his current relatives. As he grows from awkward adolescent to manhood, he negotiates the precarious borders of family, tradition, and identity trying to find his own place in the Chicano community and in the larger worl...more
Paperback, first, 216 pages
Published
February 28th 2011
by University of Nevada Press
(first published February 1st 2011)
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The title of Richard Yañez’s novel, Cross over Water, could refer to the physical act of immigration for many Mexican-Americans. But 12-year-old “Ruly” Cruz’s crossing begins when his childhood home is inexplicably “left behind like a lizard tail in the desert," and can only end when he recognizes his role in the future of the borderland. As a boy, Ruly wanders through his adolescence without the framework of cultural tradition and community, indulging in fast food and fantasies of gridiron triu...more
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A multi-faceted and enjoyable coming of age novel. In one sense it's very localized: the story of a young Mexican-American in El Paso. His family has been in the U.S. long enough that his parents were born here, he has no personal knowledge of Mexico, in fact he speaks Spanish poorly. It's tied to a particular time and place: the neighborhoods and streets, and foods and smells, of El Paso (late 80s early 90s) are very important. On the other hand it's the universal tale of a young man coming to...more
Cross Over Water is the coming of age story of “Ruly” Cruz, a Mexican American boy growing up 0n the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas. The book begins following Ruly at the age of 12, when he’s still an aloof tween whose primary preoccupations are masturbating and hanging out with his cousin Laura. Following his mother’s promotion, Ruly is uprooted from his childhood home into a new house in the suburbs, throwing the routine of his life into disarray. As he eases into young adulthood, Ruly b...more
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Richard Yañez was born and raised on the U.S.-México Border. He is the author of EL PASO DEL NORTE: STORIES ON THE BORDER. His novel, CROSS OVER WATER, was published in spring 2011, also by the University of Nevada Press. His work has appeared in LITERARY EL PASO, HECHO EN TEJAS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TEXAS MEXICAN LITERATURE, and U.S. LATINO LITERATURE TODAY. A graduate of New Mexico State University a...more
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“Over the years, Raul remembered many events like if they were TV shows, especially at night, like when he and Alberto cruised around town. The open windows, the wide space of the desert, allowed room for his thoughts to emerge. Some memories played over and over again, like the re-runs he watched during the summer. And depending on the events, he didn’t mind having to sit through them. At least his memories weren’t interrupted with commercials.
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“Ruly learned how to drown the summer his family left Lomaland for good.”
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