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Books by David Unger
  | | Sleeping with the Light on (Hardback) by David Unger Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2020 by Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada, Canada ISBN-13: 978-1-77306-384-3, ISBN: 1-77306-384-7 "Life in Guatemala is simple for young Davico and his older brother Felipe ... until soldiers invade, and the blackouts begin." |
 | | The Price of Escape(1st Edition) by David Unger Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 2011 by Akashic Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-936070-92-3, ISBN: 1-936070-92-8 ""Evoking both Kafka and Conrad, Unger’s character study of a broken man in a culture broken by a ravenous corporation makes compelling reading."--Booklist"Unger does a great job with fish-out-of-water situations, as [protagonist] Samuel’s travails--sometimes Kafkaesque, sometimes Laurel and Hardy--nicely pit his timidity against his growing desperation."--Publishers Weekly"David Unger's tale utterly seduces with its mix of the exotic an ..." |
 | | Life in the Damn Tropics(Updated) A Novel by David Unger, Gioconda Belli, Ilan Stavans, Irene Vilar Paperback, 301 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Wisconsin Press ISBN-13: 978-0-299-20054-1, ISBN: 0-299-20054-X "Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this sophisticated, quasi-comedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family. In the face of military rule, terrorism, and sabotage, Marcos learns the truth about his brother Aaron, only to find that sibling secrets can be every bit as dangerous as civil unrest." |
 | | A Lesson in Sex and Murder (A Lesson in Series) by David Unger Softcover, 292 Pages, Published 2018 by David Unger ISBN-13: 978-0-9967613-8-3, ISBN: 0-9967613-8-1 "Mystery" |
 | | The Mastermind by David Unger Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-442-5, ISBN: 1-61775-442-0 ""Based on a true story, The Mastermind is a tense political thriller about a successful Guatemalan lawyer whose life takes a strange turn when a failed affair leads to his faking his own death and implicating the government. Unger s searing political criticism blends with gripping real-life details to sketch an unforgettable picture of modern Guatemalan society."--World Literature Today "The Mastermind teems with the pulse of daily life ..." |
 | | A Lesson in Music and Murder by David Unger Phd Softcover, 270 Pages, Published 2018 by David Unger ISBN-13: 978-0-9967613-9-0, ISBN: 0-9967613-9-X |
 | | The Girl from Chimel by Dante Liano, Rigoberta Menchú, David Unger, Rigoberta Menchãº, Domi Hardcover, 56 Pages, Published 2005 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-666-4, ISBN: 0-88899-666-7 "Nobel Peace Prize winner and Mayan activist Rigoberta Menchz brings the world of her earliest childhood vividly to life in this colorful book. Before the war in Guatemala and despite the hardships that the Mayan people endured, life in the Mayan villages of the highlands had a beauty and integrity. This was forever changed by the conflict and brutal genocide that was to come. Menchz's stories of her grandparents and parents, of the natu ..." |
 | | Popol Vuj libro sagrado de los mayas by Victor Montejo, Luis Garay, David Unger Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1999 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-362-5, ISBN: 0-88899-362-5 "Discovered in a church in Chichicastenango in 1701, the Popol Vuh remains an essential document for the Maya of today. The stories happen in real and identifiable places in the highlands of Guatemala, thus linking the past and present of Maya people directly to the land where they live. Now available in a paperback Spanish-language edition, this book is the first authoritative children's version of the ancient and sacred text." |
 | | Real Therapy by David Unger Paperback, 388 Pages, Published 2002 by Xlibris Corp ISBN-13: 978-1-4010-4586-9, ISBN: 1-4010-4586-3 |
 | | Life in the Damn Tropics(1st Edition) (Library of Modern Jewish Literature) by David Unger Hardcover, 301 Pages, Published 2002 by Syracuse University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0737-3, ISBN: 0-8156-0737-7 "Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this quasi-comedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominet Guatemalan Jewish family. It covers such universal themes as family and loyalty, love and loss, assimilation and identity, and war and exile." |
 | | A Lesson in Therapy and Murder by David Unger Phd Softcover, Published 2019 by David Unger ISBN-13: 978-1-73233-950-7, ISBN: 1-73233-950-3 "Mystery" |
 | | The Honey Jar by Dante Liano, Rigoberta Menchu, David Unger Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2020 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-1-77306-453-6, ISBN: 1-77306-453-3 "The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories the author's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations of how and why certain natural phenomena came to exist, and animal tales. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, a ..." |
 | | The Honey Jar by Dante Liano, Rigoberta Menchú, Rigoberta Menchãº, Domi, David Unger Hardcover, 56 Pages, Published 2006 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-670-1, ISBN: 0-88899-670-5 ""The Honey Jar" retells the ancient stories Rigoberta Menchu's grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Mayan tales include natural phenomena narratives and animal stories. The underworld, the sky, the sun and moon, plants, people, animals, gods, and demigods are all players in these vibrant stories. Enchanting images by Domi draw on the Mayan landscape and th ..." |
 | | AntiPoems(Updated) New and Selected by Nicanor Parra, David Unger, Lawrence Ferlinghetti Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1985 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-0960-1, ISBN: 0-8112-0960-1 "'Antipoems: New and Selected', a fresh bilingual gathering as well as retrospective of the work of Chile's foremost poet, reintroduces him to North American readers after thirteen years. Though he has been hardly unproductive, the politics of his homeland have channeled his inventiveness into new modes of expression, which remind us of the sometimes sly hermeticism of Italian writers, Eugenio Montale and Elio Vittorini among them, duri ..." |
 | | The Mastermind by David Unger 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Akashic Books ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-455-5, ISBN: 1-61775-455-2 "Ibrahim plans to spend the whole day meeting with his employees in groups: the machine operators, the foremen, the sales personnel, the cleaning staff. He wants to make sure they are all content, because in the coming year they will be challenged by the recession in the United States. Orders are also way down, thanks to the ferocious competition from Bengali and Haitian sweat shops. Ibrahim can hardly compete. All he can do is offe ..." |
 | | Popol Vuj libro sagrado de los mayas by Victor Montejo, Luis Garay, David Unger Hardcover, 88 Pages, Published 1999 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-344-1, ISBN: 0-88899-344-7 "One of the few Maya documents to survive the Spanish conquest, the Popol Vuh describes the creation of the Maya universe and of humans. It tells the tale of the Hero Twins, who defeated the gods of the underworld in a ball game, and details the legendary history of the Quiche Maya rulers until their imprisonment and torture by the Spanish. Equivalent to the Bible and the Greek and Roman mythologies, the Popol Vuh is the essential text o ..." |
 | | Cartas a mi mamá(Reprint) (Spanish Edition) by Teresa Cardenas, David Unger, Teresa Cárdenas Angulo Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2006 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-723-4, ISBN: 0-88899-723-X "The narrator of Cartas al cielo is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, when her mother dies, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill, she’s deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior in general, including her choice not to straighten her hair. Her life is often miserable as she must endure casual racial prejudice and mistreatment from those around her. To keep h ..." |
 | | Cartas a mi mama (Spanish Edition) by Teresa Cardenas, David Unger Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2006 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-722-7, ISBN: 0-88899-722-1 "The narrator of Cartas a mi mamá is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, when her mother dies, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their goodwill, she’s deeply wounded by their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior in general, including her choice not to straighten her hair. Her life is often miserable as she must endure casual racial prejudice and mistreatment from those around her. To keep ..." |
 | | Me in the Middle(1st Edition) by Ana Maria Machado, Caroline Merola, David Unger Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2003 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-467-7, ISBN: 0-88899-467-2 "One day Isabel finds a box in her mother's closet, and inside the box is a photograph of a girl dressed in old-fashioned clothes. Ten-year-old Bel is enchanted to discover that the girl is her great-grandmother, her Bisa Bea, and that she and her great-grandmother look very much alike. Bel convinces her mother to let her borrow the treasured photo. To keep her Bisa Bea close to her heart, she tucks the picture inside the waistband of ..." |
 | | Me in the Middle (AMERICAS AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE COMMENDED (AWARDS)) by Ana Maria Machado, David Unger, Caroline Merola Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2002 by Groundwood Books ISBN-13: 978-0-88899-463-9, ISBN: 0-88899-463-X "When ten-year-old Bel finds a photograph of her greatgrandmother Beatrice, or Bisa Bea, she convinces her mother to let her borrow it. When the picture inexplicably vanishes, Bisa Bea's voice suddenly emerges inside Bel, telling stories of the old days and counseling her on proper behavior by young girls. Then another voice emerges that tells her to be strong; this one belongs to her future granddaughter, and the key to how these voices ..." |
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