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Author Talk: Javier Zamora (Español)

Sobre la migración infantil desde Centroamérica

2024-11-09 14:00:00 2024-11-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Javier Zamora (Español) Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor Javier Zamora mientras conversa sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito. Virtual: Library Speakers Consortium -

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Add to Calendar 2024-11-09 14:00:00 2024-11-09 15:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk: Javier Zamora (Español) Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor Javier Zamora mientras conversa sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito. Virtual: Library Speakers Consortium -

Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor Javier Zamora mientras conversa sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito.

Sintoniza una conversación especial con el autor más vendido del New York Times Javier Zamora mientras conversa con nosotros sobre su fascinante historia de supervivencia y perseverancia, tal como se cuenta en sus memorias premiadas Solito.  

La aventura de Javier es una travesía de tres mil millas desde su pequeño pueblo en El Salvador, a través de Guatemala y México, hacia la frontera de Estados Unidos. Dejará atrás a sus queridos abuelos y su tía para reunirse con una madre que se fue cuatro años atrás y con un padre al que prácticamente no recuerda. Al viajar solo, a excepción de un grupo de extraños y un coyote contratado para guiarlos a salvo, Javier debía tardar solo dos semanas en llegar. 

A los nueve años, todo lo que Javier puede imaginar es correr a los brazos de sus padres, acurrucarse en la cama entre ellos y vivir bajo el mismo techo otra vez. No puede prever los peligrosos trayectos en bote, las interminables caminatas por el desierto, las armas apuntándole, los arrestos y los engaños que le esperan. Tampoco sabe que esas dos semanas se alargarán hasta dos meses y le cambiarán la vida, junto a un grupo de extraños que acabará por cobijarlo como una familia improvisada.

Solito no solo nos ofrece un recuento íntimo e inmediato de un viaje sinuoso y casi imposible, sino la milagrosa bondad y el amor que se entrega en los momentos más inesperados. Solito es la historia de Javier, pero es también la historia de millones más que no tuvieron otra opción más que irse de casa.

¡Regístrese hoy para obtener más información sobre esta apasionante y conmovedora historia! 

Sobre el autor: Javier Zamora nació en El Salvador en 1990. Su padre huyó del país cuando él tenía un año y su madre cuando él estaba por cumplir cinco. Las migraciones de ambos padres fueron causadas por la Guerra Civil Salvadoreña financiada por Estados Unidos. Cuando tenía nueve años, Javier emigró por Guatemala, México y el desierto de Sonora. Su primera colección de poesía, Unaccompanied, explora el impacto de la guerra y la inmigración en su familia. Zamora ha sido Stegner Fellow en Stanford y Radcliffe Fellow en Harvard y posee becas del National Endowment for the Arts y la Fundación de Poesía.

 
 

 The views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Orange County Library System.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Authors - Books - Writing |

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