{"product_id":"the-book-of-what-remains-paperback","title":"The Book of What Remains - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Alire Saenz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"To write well about your life, you need to have a life worth writing about. On that score, Sáenz hits pay dirt.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A former Catholic priest, this poet creates prayerful verse that is at once mystical and utterly human.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, novelist, and popular YA writer Benjamin Alire Sáenz writes to the core truth of life's ever-shifting memories. Set along the Mexican border, the contrast between the desert's austere beauty and the brutality of border politics mirrors humanity's capacity for both generosity and cruelty. In his numbered series \"Meditation on Living in the Desert,\" Sáenz turns to memory, heritage, and a host of literary progenitors as he directly confronts matters of faith, civil rights, and contemporary politics--always with the unrelenting moral urge to speak truth and \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am looking at a book of photographs.\u003cbr\u003eThe photographs document the exodus of Mexicans crossing the desert.\u003cbr\u003eI am staring at the face of a woman who is more a girl than a woman.\u003cbr\u003eShe is handing her documents to a government official.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI know and you know and we all know that the documents are forged.\u003cbr\u003eThe official is not in the photograph.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly the frightened eyes of a girl.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Catholic priest who worked with Mother Teresa, \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Alire \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSáenz\u003c\/b\u003e has published five books of poetry, four novels, a collection of short stories, and two bilingual children's books. He received the American Book Award and teaches in the bilingual MFA program at University of Texas, El Paso.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former Catholic priest, Benjamin Sáenz, has published five books of poetry, four novels, a collection of short stories, and two bilingual children's books. He received the American Book Award, and teaches in the MFA program at University of Texas, El Paso.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338298265837,"sku":"9781556592973","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/E8QFtZpFpO9781556592973.webp?v=1785078660","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-book-of-what-remains-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}