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The king is always above the people : stories, Daniel Alarcon

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"A slyly political collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of War by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circles. Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarcon's hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In "The Thousands," people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in "The Bridge." A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in "The Ballad of Rocky Rontal." And in the tour de force novella, "The Auroras", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, The King is Always Above the People reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world"--
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eng
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The king is always above the people : stories
Title
The king is always above the people
Title remainder
stories
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Daniel Alarcon
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Author
Narrator
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Language
eng
Summary
"A slyly political collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of War by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circles. Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarcon's hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In "The Thousands," people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in "The Bridge." A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in "The Ballad of Rocky Rontal." And in the tour de force novella, "The Auroras", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, The King is Always Above the People reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world"--
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1977-
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Alarcón, Daniel
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813/.6
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fiction
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Read by David DeSantos
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DeSantos, David
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  • Emigration and immigration
  • Families
  • Gangs
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The king is always above the people : stories, Daniel Alarcon
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  • OverDrive Audiobook
  • Electronic audio file
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digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
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rdacontent
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Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file)
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online
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not applicable
Isbn
9780525498025
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computer
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rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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digital
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sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
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unknown
Stock number
798E9144-A173-4E23-A3B7-EF4BA18DA2FD
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1008895937
  • on1008895937
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Label
The king is always above the people : stories, Daniel Alarcon
Link
Publication
Note
  • OverDrive Audiobook
  • Electronic audio file
Capture and storage technique
digital storage
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
spoken word
Content type code
  • spw
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
  • unknown
  • not applicable
Edition
Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file)
Form of item
online
Groove width / pitch
not applicable
Isbn
9780525498025
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
digital
Sound
sound
Special playback characteristics
digital recording
Specific material designation
  • remote
  • other
Speed
unknown
Stock number
798E9144-A173-4E23-A3B7-EF4BA18DA2FD
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1008895937
  • on1008895937
Tape configuration
not applicable
Tape width
not applicable

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