The Five Acts of Diego León by Espinoza, Alex

The Five Acts of Diego León

Growing up in a rural village at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Diego Le n has...
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Author: Alex Espinoza
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Language: English
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The Five Acts of Diego León by Espinoza, Alex

The Five Acts of Diego León

$32.27

The Five Acts of Diego León

$32.27
Author: Alex Espinoza
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Growing up in a rural village at the height of the Mexican Revolution, Diego Le n has many first loves: singing, dancing, and hearing the stories of his ancestors, the P'urh pecha. But when tragedy strikes, young Diego is sent to the city to live with his white, aristocratic grandparents, who insist he forget his roots and groom him to take over the family business. Under pressure to enter a profession--and a life--he cares nothing for, and haunted by the violence once again erupting all around him, Diego flees his war-torn country to forge his own destiny. Diego arrives in Hollywood in 1927, when silent films are giving way to talkies, Prohibition is in full swing, and "Latin lover" types are sought out even as they are looked down upon. Working his way up in the movie business with talent and ingenuity, Diego soon figures out that getting one's face on the silver screen has as much to do with what goes on behind the camera as what goes on in front of it. But the closer Diego comes to stardom, the more he finds that the past is not so easily escaped, as he is drawn again and again to the painful legacy of history and the wounds of his homeland. A sweeping, sensual novel of love, ambition, and identity, The Five Acts of Diego Le n bears all the marks of a classic Hollywood story: romance, betrayal, glamour, and an underdog hero to root for till the end.

Author: Alex Espinoza
Publisher: Los Angeles Review of Books
Published: 02/18/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781940660585

About the Author
Alex Espinoza was born in Tijuana, Mexico. He came to the United States with his family at the age of two and grew up in suburban Los Angeles. Author of the novel Still Water Saints, he received an MFA from the University of California, Irvine. A recipient of the Margaret Bridgman Fellowship in Fiction at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Espinoza is currently an associate professor of English at California State University, Fresno.

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