Post by robertstout on Nov 22, 2012 12:29:03 GMT -5
Running Out the Hurt epitomizes the freedom and flair of real baseball for both players and fans. The novel provides a vivid picture of life in Mexico as seen though the eyes of the team’s participants—real people with real desires, problems and accomplishments—as a formerly ragtag bunch of losers led by a teenaged refugee become championship contenders.
Although baseball is the thread that binds the characters in Running Out the Hurt together the novel focuses on on personal relationships. It is an intimate portrayal of Mexican life that the author knows well. He holds a degree from the Universidad de las Americas and has lived in and written about the country for over twenty-five years.
His previous books include Why Immigrants Come to America, Blood of the Serpent: Mexican Lives and the novel Miss Sally.
Although baseball is the thread that binds the characters in Running Out the Hurt together the novel focuses on on personal relationships. It is an intimate portrayal of Mexican life that the author knows well. He holds a degree from the Universidad de las Americas and has lived in and written about the country for over twenty-five years.
His previous books include Why Immigrants Come to America, Blood of the Serpent: Mexican Lives and the novel Miss Sally.