Pedro's Theory

Pedro's Theory
Marcos Gonsalez
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Hardback
h209 x 139mm - 304pg
14 Jan 2021 US
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9781612198620
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There are many Pedros. One goes to a school where they take away his language, replace it with another. At home, he is afraid to find the words to explain the things they call him. Another crosses the desert, leaving behind a backpack. It contains no clues as to whether he successfully made it across the border and into a new life. A Cousin Pedro comes to visit, awakening feelings that others are afraid to make plain. One goes missing so completely it' s as if he was never there to go missing at all. Another watches his father from afar, unable to ever find ways to close the gap. A Pedro keeps his distance from the other Pedros, in hopes the Meghans and the Johns will think he is one of them instead. One returns to a place he' s never been, to the place his father left, hoping to find him there. Many Pedros journey to many Promised Lands only to learn they may not be promising after all. Pedro' s Theory is an exploration of these many Pedros, several of them are the author himself, others are the men he might have been in other circumstances. It is a tender exploration of the gap between who the world sees in the author and who he sees in himself, and a unified theory of how racism operates in small town America and shapes so many lives.
A searching memoir . . . A subtle, expertly written repudiation of the American dream in favor of something more inclusive and more realistic. --Kirkus, starred review
Marcos Gonsalez is a writer and doctoral candidate in English Language and Literature. His essays have appeared in Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Inside Higher Education, Ploughshares, Catapult, The New Inquiry, and elsewhere. He teaches literature and writing courses at CUNY. He lives in New York City.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781612198620
Published: 14 Jan 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Melville House Publishing
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Format: Hardback
Height: 209mm
Width: 139mm
Pages: 304

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