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  • The Italian Daze

    Notes of a Lost Traveler

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    "A haunting, yet comic procession of Italians ...pursued in every direction, ... [but] never found. "Enrico De Vivo, Italian literary critic, L'Indice dei LIbriMarc Zimmerman's Jewish American Quixote ... chases beauty, ... with his lance aimed at mirages. ... [and still] left with "Jewish ... and Other Questions"- [wondering whether] he cares more about Italian culture than his own, and if he's ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Two Ways West

    (Exodus)

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    ""A father/a son, east coast/west coast. Two stories making one. The first text is a Jewish American tragicomedy, about the rise and fall of a New Jersey caterer and restaurant owner who develops a gambling sickness leading him to break with family members and leave his business and hometown on a one-way trip to L.A. The second text is a coming-of-age story, depicting the son's trip west, his ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Sandino on the Border

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    What Critics Say about Marc Zimmerman, his Illusions of Memory series, and this book: "A wonderful writer." Luis Alberto Urrea. "An incredible opus." Dick Goldberg. "Nothing like this series in American fiction." John Beverley. "Wonderfully imaginative and truthful stories." Marta Sánchez.A Nicaraguan doctor steals his son across the border leaving his estranged ... ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • No Light from Heaven

    The Story of a Marriage

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    "Every time Marc Zimmerman publishes a new book, I celebrate. He is a wonderful writer, and this time out, he doesn't disappoint." Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The House of Broken Angels.A compelling story, fascinating characters, clear, unimpeded writing, first-rate dialogue, and provocative insights. ... Marlena belongs in the pantheon of truly unforgettable ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Black, Brown, and White on the Border

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    Praise for Marc Zimmerman, his Illusions of Memory autofiction series and this book:"A wonderful writer." Luis Alberto Urrea. "An incredible opus." Dick Goldberg. **"**Nothing like his series in contemporary American fiction." John Beverley. "Stories that capture the border's melancholic and magical moments." Carolina Rivera Escamilla. "Deeply sensitive to socio-cultural and ethno-communit... ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Short of it All

    Dreams and Scenes of Memoir Fiction

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    "A beautiful and humorous fresco of a life converted into a literary project through memories and dreams made into fiction by the ... transformative act of writing***."* Luis Alejandro Ordóñez**, author of El último New York Times."We're all imperfect and vulnerable.... Assuming our limitations ... with humor is ... an indisputable merit of [this] book." Ángel Quintero Rivera, Professor, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Managua Mon Amour (Nevermore)

    A Story of Love, Revolution and Loss

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    Every time Marc Zimmerman publishes a new book, I celebrate. He is a wonderful writer ... [who] doesn't disappoint." Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter, Into the Beautiful North, The House of Broken Angels and much more.Both epic and personal, Marc Zimmerman's novel memoir-style noveltells how his divorced Jewish American protagonist, Mel, marries Lena, a brilliant Central ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Mexican Maze Without Borders

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    Critics' Praise for Marc Zimmerman and his Illusions of Memory Autofiction Series:"A wonderful writer." Luis Alberto Urrea. author of Into the Beautiful North."An incredible opus. A good writer indeed." Dick Goldberg, Playwright and screen writer, author of Family Business. **"Keenly sensitive to ethno-communal borders." Roberto Márquez, author of A World among these Islands<... ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The Rise of Mexican and Chicano Literature in Chicago

    Transplanting Early Roots to the Barrios and Beyond

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    "Marc Zimmerman demonstrates his notable gifts as a writer keenly sensitive to the vital literary, socio-cultural and ethno-communal nuances his book explores and illuminates." Roberto Márquez, William Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Mount Holyoke College. Author of The Poet's Prose. ... "The range of writers is impressive; Zimmerman's documenting this epoch in ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Genesis

    Seeds of Being in the Early Years of a New Jersey Jewish-American

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    "Every time Marc Zimmerman publishes a new book, I celebrate. He is a wonderful writer ... [who] doesn't disappoint." Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The Hummingbird's Daughter.The portrait of a would-be artist as a young middle-class Ashkenazi Jewish American living in the Newark/Elizabeth shadows of New York-his first memories, his summer and school days, his family, friends, and early loves, ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Martín and Marvin

    A Chicago Jewish Mexican, His Friend with Boricua Wife, and their Latin Worlds

    by Marc Zimmerman ...
    Critics say: ***** A special contribution to contporary American literature. ***** An amazing book that will touch your heart.**** A book with poetic imagery and philosophical depth. **** Well written and entertaining, this book...is a saga of true friendship.**** It's a gem.Can friendship exist in the contemporary world? If so, how? Otherwise, when and how did the friendship die? Did it ever ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Literature and Politics in the Central American Revolutions

    by John Beverley, Marc Zimmerman ...
    Series series LLILAS New Interpretations of Latin America Series
    “This book began in what seemed like a counterfactual intuition . . . that what had been happening in Nicaraguan poetry was essential to the victory of the Nicaraguan Revolution,” write John Beverley and Marc Zimmerman. “In our own postmodern North American culture, we are long past thinking of literature as mattering much at all in the ‘real’ world, so how could this be?” This study sets out to ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD