{"product_id":"texas-3","title":"Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA contemporary classic from award-winning author Carmen Boullosa, in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges and César Aira, now available in a special Tenth Anniversary Edition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoosely based on the little-known 1859 Mexican invasion of the United States, \u003ci\u003eTexas: The Great Theft\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly imagined evocation of the volatile Tex-Mex borderland. Boullosa views border history through a new lens decentering US narratives, and her sympathetic portrayal of each of her wildly diverse characters--Mexican ranchers and Texas Rangers, Comanches and cowboys, German socialists and runaway slaves, Southern belles and dancehall girls--makes her storytelling tremendously powerful and absorbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a new introduction by Merve Emre, the Tenth Anniversary Edition of \u003ci\u003eTexas\u003c\/i\u003e sheds important historical light on current battles over the Mexican-American frontier while telling a gripping story with Boullosa's singular prose and formal innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deep Vellum Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67621424890099,"sku":"9781646053537","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/7432\/5312\/files\/imageloader_02c432ec-f0f7-4eff-a098-bb37f88dd503.jpg?v=1790943726","url":"https:\/\/letterpressplay.mom\/en-ca\/products\/texas-3","provider":"Letterpress PLAY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}