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August 25, 2009
Meet the Author, Oscar Casares
Meet the Author, Oscar Casares for a discussion of his debut novel Amigoland at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 14 at the Cepeda Branch of the Austin Public Library, 651 N. Pleasant Valley Rd. In a small town on the Mexican border live two brothers, Don Fidencio and Don Celestino. Stubborn and independent, they now must face the facts: they are old, and they have let a family argument stand between them for too long. Don Celestino's good-natured housekeeper encourages him to make amends—while he still can. They secretly liberate Don Fidencio from his nursing home and travel into Mexico to solve the mystery at the heart of their dispute: the family legend of their grandfather's kidnapping. As the unlikely trio travels, the brothers learn it's never too late for a new beginning. The discussion is free and open to the public. For more information please call 512-974-7372 or visit www.cityofaustin.org/library.
About the author
Oscar Casares was born and raised in the border town of Brownsville, Texas. He is the author of two noted books, a collection of stories and a new novel, which have earned him fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Copernicus Society of America, and the Texas Institute of Letters. His collection of stories, Brownsville, was selected by American Library Association as a Notable Book of 2004, and earned critical praise from such publications as The New York Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly. His first novel, Amigoland, received a "starred review" from Publishers Weekly, which called it "a winning novel," while Kirkus Reviews described it as "exceptional." A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he now teaches creative writing at the University of Texas in Austin, where he lives with his wife and two young children.
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