{"product_id":"9780374539160","title":"The Death of My Father the Pope : A Memoir","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Death of My Father the Pope\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Obed Silva\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man mourning his alcoholic father faces a paradox: to pay tribute, lay scorn upon, or pour a drink. A wrenching, dazzling, revelatory debut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWeaving between the preparations for his father's funeral and memories of life on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father's lifelong battle with alcoholism and the havoc it wreaked on his family. Silva and his mother had come north across the border to escape his father’s violent, drunken rages. His father had followed and danced dangerously in and out of the family’s life until he was arrested and deported back to Mexico, where he drank himself to death, one Carta Blanca at a time, at the age of forty-eight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold with a wry cynicism, a profane, profound anger, an antic, brutally honest voice, and a hard-won classical frame of reference, Silva channels the heartbreak of mourning while wrestling with the resentment and frustration caused by addiction. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of My Father the Pope\u003c\/i\u003e is a fluid and dynamic combination of memoir and an examination of the power of language—and the introduction of a unique and powerful literary voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Obed's  journey is high art of the transformative nature — that is, he  descends into the bowels of familia, soars into the hearts and souls of  father and brother and friends, drifts in and out of the city of  Chihuahua, all the while revealing and lifting the veil of our  discontents and connections to those we love and to those things that make  and define our lives. An eloquent rendering of our times, told in a way  that delivers in clear, precise thoughtfulness of la frontera and what  it is to be mestizo, what it is to be Chicano, Mexican, trouble and  peaceful, courageous, resentful, underscoring it all with what it means  to be truly human. Everyone should read this memoir!”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJimmy Baca, author of \u003ci\u003eA Place to Stand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this wondrous memoir, the pain, the rage, and the fortitude of the  Latino experience finds its full voice. Obed Silva fearlessly looks into  the darkest corners of an immigrant family’s past, and creates a  searing and unforgettable work of art. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of My Father the Pope\u003c\/i\u003e is a landmark in the history of Latinx literature in the United States. This is the book we’ve been waiting for.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Héctor Tobar, author of \u003ci\u003eDeep Down Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Obed  Silva's memoir is a magnificent and poignant achievement. Like the  great literary giants he weaves throughout this narrative, we are  brought to a rich and luminous excavation of the father wound, of the  contours of death and the sure triumph of love. \u003ci\u003eThe Death of My Father the Pope\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply affecting and a singular accomplishment. 'Impressionante!...Punto!'\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eGreg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374539160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"MCD","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40819148554446,"sku":"9780374539160","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_a15b6ba1-8e1f-4781-9a86-174d6ea90131.jpg?v=1642926765","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374539160","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}