Overview
Carla, an American estranged from her Mexican father, heads to Mexico City to āfind herself.ā She crashes with a former fling, Harry, who has been drinking his way through the capital in the great tradition of his heroes, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Harry is goodāhumored about Carlaās reappearance on his doorstepāuntil he realizes that Carla, who spends her days soaking in the city, exploring Frida Kahloās house, and learning Spanish, has no intention of leaving.
When Harry and Carlaās relationship of mutual tolerance reaches its inevitable end, she rejects his world of Anglo expats for her own set of friends: pretty-boy Oscar, who sells pot and dreams of being a DJ, and charismatic Memo, a left-wing, pseudoāintellectual ladiesā man. Determined to experience the real Mexico, Carla turns a blind eye to her new friendsā inconsistencies. But then she catches the eye of a drug don, el Gordo, and from that moment on her life gets a lot more complicated, and she is forced to confront the irreparable consequences of her willful innocence.
Jessica Abelās evocative blackāandāwhite drawings and creative mix of English and Spanish bring Mexico Cityās past and present to life, unfurling Carlaās dark history against the legacies of Burroughs and Kahlo. A story about the youthful desire to live an authentic life and the consequences of trusting easy answers, La Perdidaāat once grounded in the particulars of life in Mexico and resonantly universalāis a story about finding oneself by getting lost.
This book title, La Perdida, ISBN: 9780375714719, by Jessica Abel, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (May 20, 2008) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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