Into the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea
Into the Beautiful North, Luis Alberto Urrea
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Into the Beautiful North
A Novel

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/27/2016


Synopsis

This powerful novel from a bestselling and Pulitzer Prize winning author tells the story of a young woman's journey—both emotionally and physically—as she travels north to America.

Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in the village -- they've all gone north. While watching The Magnificent Seven, Nayeli decides to go north herself and recruit seven men -- her own "Siete Magnv?ficos" -- to repopulate her hometown and protect it from the bandidos who plan on taking it over.

Filled with unforgettable characters and prose as radiant as the Sinaloan sun, Into the Beautiful North is the story of an irresistible young woman's quest to find herself on both sides of the fence.

About Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea is one of America's most critically acclaimed authors. His previous books include The Hummingbird's Daughter, The Devil's Highway, and Across the Wire. He has received a Lannan Literary Award, a Christopher Award, an American Book Award, and a Western States Book Award. Urrea lives with his family in Naperville, Illinois, where he is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on August 12, 2023

In 2017, the UC Santa Barbara Library and the Office of Educative Vice Chancellor chose this book as the UCSB Reads Book of the Year. When that happens, the intention is that the university and community-at-large come together for dialogue about important topical issues related to what this book rep......more

Goodreads review by Dingleberry on January 25, 2015

I have to say this is one of the most joyful books I've ever read. Also, don't be worried about half of it being in Spanish: there are subtitles and you're smart. You can guess. That said, I think I found the soul of feminism in this book: women who organize a mission to find men (literally) - to sav......more

Goodreads review by Shawn on May 21, 2024

This is an incredible novel, with an animated plot and memorable characters that will stick with you long after you turn the last page. Urrea uses The Magnificent Seven and Seven Samurai as a mold of sorts, but if anything it's an old-fashioned mid-century jello mold, where he mixes all sorts of str......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on July 19, 2020

This was my book club pick for the month and I really enjoyed my time reading it. Such a great story of people coming together for a common purpose, yet they each learn something along the way. The author's sense of humor propels the story and makes it so much more readable than if it was straightfo......more