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Growing Up Puerto Rican: An Anthology
Edgardo Vega Yunqué

Avon Books (P), 1998

The experience of growing up Puerto Rican has produced some of the most conflicted, political and poignant writing of the past century. Now, GROWING UP PUERTO RICAN brings together twenty stories by some of the most important Puerto Rican writers and several by provocative new authors. Each in his or her own style uses personal experience to portray vividly the problems that beset the passage from childhood to adult. Growing up in the United ...

Blood Fugues: A Novel

3 reviews
Edgardo Vega Yunque

Harper Perennial, 2006

Good story
I found this book very interesting, a good read. the story is intriguing and interesting though I found myself having to re-read some parts. I did still enjoy the story and would recommend this book.

The Comeback

3 reviews
Edgardo Vega Yunqué

Arte Publico Press, 1985

Quirky, Surreal fun mixed with the excitement of College Sports
I really, REALLY enjoyed this book. The author has combined Puerto Rican liberation, the angst of surviving college, and Hockey (of all things), wildly and expertly woven in a way that takes you on a ride, but does NOT leave you lost. It all comes together in the end, promise! I have read other books by this author, and this is the one I like the best. I even bought it for someone else, once, ...

The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow Into The Impenetrable Loisaida Jungle

5 reviews
Edgardo Vega Yunque

Overlook Hardcover, 2004

Hilarious (and a bit political)
This is an unusual book because of the interaction of the author and his characters and the digressions he makes for explanations or to express a viewpoint. One such expression is that Americans never know the geography of a country until they bomb it. He declares that few Americans know the geography of Puerto Rico (his native land) and asks the United States to please don't bomb Puerto Rico ...

No Matter How Much You Promise to Cook or Pay the Rent You Blew It Cauze Bill Bailey Ain't Never Coming Home ...

20 reviews
Edgardo Vega Yunque

Picador, 2004

Look for other works by this gifted author.....
The writer of the Publisher's Weekly review should be more thorough in their research before writing reviews. This is not Sr. Vega Yunque's "debut" novel. He has written and published, I believe at least two novels and at least one collection of stories and has published widely in journals/magazines. The man writes superbly and I was thrilled to finally have his beautiful book in print, after ...

Casualty Report

2 reviews
Edgardo Vega Yunqué

Arte Publico Press, 1991

GREAT BOOK
I'm not sure what the reader from Flint is talking about in their weird-ass review, but this is a great book--even for a minority writer ;-)