false 74232 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 74232 20 2027316 20 2 1380 The Old Gringo: A Novel total:281|5:44|4:81|3:116|2:35|1:5| 281 967 416 27 1367127 3.78 3979 404 78010962 2717655 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 228 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 16:32:22 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 11:45:57 -0800 2009 more...]]> 42341083 1162566 541365 0374525226 9780374525224 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175641867m/541365.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175641867s/541365.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/541365.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.00 7 </div>]]> 1380 2 0 false Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:15:44 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 07:02:46 -0800 2009 An occasionally entertaining blend of poetically charged "dream-biography", and incoherent babbling.

I would recommend not reading The Old Gringo if you want to know something about Ambrose Bierce; though in all fairness, you should probably never read a novel to teach yo...more...]]> 20560296 173174 791234 9681617827 9789681617820 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635697m/791234.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223635697s/791234.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/791234.Gringo_Viejo 3.63 19 1380 5 1 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 19 23:13:24 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 23:17:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8158661 196651 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 1 false Tue Oct 23 19:29:41 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 19:32:53 -0700 2007 67740690 2630481 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 4 0 false Mon Aug 17 09:22:56 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 09:30:20 -0700 2009
The only flaw was the politico-social expounding/grandstanding/soapboxing that went on for PAGES at times...PAGES and PAGES sometimes. But the amazing characters made up for it.

The main characters...more...]]> 14616461 876761 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 1 0 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 05 08:07:51 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 08 19:56:27 -0800 2008
"...perhaps this man had been able to do what no one was supposed to: he had come home again, he was trying to relive one of the oldest myths of mankind, the return to the lar, the earth, the warm home of our origins.

That...more...]]> 27320200 672637 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 10:34:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 11:00:48 -0700 2008 An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge?) during the Mexican Civil War. Fuentes' experimental style of The Death of Artemio Cruz is significantly subsumed, but a sing-songy chorus of observers, echoe...more...]]> 47473119 288362 6167297 9681684761 9789681684761 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6167297.Gringo_viejo 2.00 1 1380 2 0 false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 06:30:01 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 05:46:52 -0800 2009 46704204 305756 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 2 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:51:06 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:52:44 -0800 2009 28363889 731548 2065838 0374225788 9780374225780 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2065838.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.33 3 The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction.
</div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Sat Jul 26 12:28:45 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:45:14 -0700 2008 In these pages, a sea of beautiful abstractions. In this sea, islands (and maybe a few peninsulas) of concrete action. Memory, consciousness, and borders, linked by resurfacing passages, helpful for orientation: "Now she sits alone and remembers."

This is the kind of book...more...]]> 42029804 215220 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 5 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 17:43:06 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 10:59:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 78527050 2414350 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 07:57:13 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 08:02:36 -0800 2009 50875328 2164629 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 4 0 false Sat Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Mar 29 20:35:42 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 20:36:42 -0700 2009 73014507 1235662 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 11:16:10 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 11:16:39 -0700 2009 59165582 1804950 581808 0060970634 9780060970635 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/581808.The_Old_Gringo 3.00 1 Los Angeles Times]]> 1380 0 0 false Wed Jun 10 11:26:07 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 11:26:07 -0700 2009 19773438 1062920 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Tue Apr 08 21:41:28 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 10:55:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 20518295 805150 3217646 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3217646._ 3.50 2 اگر لازم باشد ذهن چند پاره ی ما عشق را ابداع می کند , عشق را تصور می کند یا ادای عشق را
در می آورد , اما بی آن سر نمی کند. چرا که در هنگامه ی این پراکندگی محض , عشق حتی اگر بهانه ای هم باشد , معیاری برای سنجش باخت هامان به ما می دهد
]]> 1380 4 0 false Sat Apr 19 08:06:11 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 08:06:55 -0700 2008 اگر لازم باشد ذهن چند پاره ی ما عشق را ابداع می کند , عشق را تصور می کند یا ادای عشق را
در می آورد , اما بی آن سر نمی کند. چرا که در هنگامه ی این پراکندگی محض , عشق حت�...more...]]> 25174682 1232703 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 2 0 false Sun Jun 22 22:21:11 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 22:24:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 395607 4693 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Fri Mar 23 08:23:47 -0700 2007 Fri Mar 23 08:33:28 -0700 2007 37021674 1679953 74232 0374530521 9780374530525 20 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74232.The_Old_Gringo_A_Novel 3.44 281 The Old Gringo tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa’s soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is, most of all, about the tragic history of two cultures in conflict.</div></div>]]> 1380 3 0 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 06 06:09:46 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 28 08:27:19 -0800 2009 1 My copy of this book is in romanian.]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=74232