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American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club)
- A Novel
- Lu par : Yareli Arizmendi
- Durée : 16 h et 43 min
- Catégories : Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense, Thrillers et romans à suspense

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Number-One New York Times Best Seller
Oprah’s Book Club Pick
"Extraordinary." (Stephen King)
"This book is not simply the great American novel; it’s the great novel of las Americas. It’s the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. Masterful." (Sandra Cisneros)
También de este lado hay sueños. On this side, too, there are dreams.
Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.
Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day, a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy - two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.
Forced to flee, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca soon find themselves miles and worlds away from their comfortable middle-class existence. Instantly transformed into migrants, Lydia and Luca ride la bestia - trains that make their way north toward the United States, which is the only place Javier’s reach doesn’t extend. As they join the countless people trying to reach el norte, Lydia soon sees that everyone is running from something. But what exactly are they running to?
American Dirt will leave listeners utterly changed. It is a literary achievement filled with poignancy, drama, and humanity. It is one of the most important books for our times.
Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", Jeanine Cummins' American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope.
"Narrator Yareli Arizmendi illuminates the humanity and individuality of Latin American migrants as they flee toward refuge in the North.... The account of Lydia and Luca's travails, including terrifying rides atop Mexico's freight trains, is utterly compelling. But it is Arizmendi's voicing of Lydia, so full of fierce tenderness, that will stay with listeners after the story's close." (AudioFile Magazine)
Amazon.com Best Books of the Year - 2020
Boston Globe Best Books of the Year - 2020
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"I strive to write page-turners because I love to read them, and it’s been a long time since I turned pages as fast as I did with American Dirt. Its plot is tight, smart, and unpredictable. Its message is important and timely, but not political. Its characters are violent, compassionate, sadistic, fragile, and heroic. It is rich in authenticity. Its journey is a testament to the power of fear and hope and belief that there are more good people than bad." (John Grisham)
"American Dirt is both a moral compass and a riveting read. I couldn’t put it down. I’ll never stop thinking about it." (Ann Patchett, number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth)
"Relevant, powerful, extraordinary. It is a remarkable combination of joy and terror, infused always with the restorative power of a mother's love and the endless human capacity for hope. I hope everyone reads it and is as moved by it as I was." (Kristin Hannah, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone)
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- Margaret
- 22/12/2020
Engaging
Yareli's is a fantastic narrator that brings the book to life. I felt like I was on the same journey with Luca and Lydia.
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- KatrinaD
- 18/10/2020
A beautiful book about the saga of migrants
Migrants are people attempting to enter illegally the USA from different countries south of the border, from Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,etc. The first step is to get to a border such as Tijuana, Nogales or El Paso. The travel is extremely dangerous since the migrants have to jump on freight trains and get on top. The second step is to find a reliable “coyote “ that will guide them into the US, avoiding US border patrol and their sophisticated surveillance system. In this novel, we follow the adventures of Lydia and her son from Acalpuco to Tucson, as well as other characters that will cross from Nogales through the Sonoran desert. The trip is particularly dangerous in the spring and summer because of the heat, At least 100 migrants died each year in the the 2000-2014 period when I lived in Tucson. The author has clearly researched the topic and perhaps walked through the desert herself. There are minor inaccuracies in pronunciations (I.e. for the “javalinas”, wild boars extremely common in Southern Arizona.) Nevertheless, this book is fascinating, well written and worth reading.
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- Nat Smith
- 27/01/2020
Stereotypes and melodrama
Endless, endless melodrama yawn inducing, and without any nuance in characters. Also without any suspense. Just a dreary slog. And this is a “great” book? Twain must be rolling in his grave.
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- Marlene L Marquez
- 12/02/2020
Completely unrealistic
As a Mexican-American, I found this book ridiculous and insulting. If I could give it negative stars or a bomb, I would. From beginning to end, the content, dialog and references were way off for Mexican culture and history as I experienced it. Just Google quinceañera images and tell me how in the world THAT would work for a backyard barbecue. So every time Cummins mentions it or a spatula or lists out the names of ALL that attended, I rolled my eyes. Trying to imagine a cartel kingpin in studious glasses waxing and waning poetry and philosophy, I rolled my eyes. When a middle class business woman is forced by plot ploys to follow the migrant trail of those at the lowest economic levels, I rolled my eyes. When the good Mexicans and migrants constantly crossed themselves, said a rosary or said gracias a Dios, and the bad Mexicans constantly raped and murdered, I rolled my eyes. When an 8 year old is accepted as a Mexican national, not because he provides paperwork, but because he can spout out all the geographical detail of his home state, I rolled my eyes. When cell phones don’t work in the desert (as is expected) for tension and drama, but not only work but allow FaceTime when the plot requires it, I rolled my eyes. When the worst our protagonists suffer in a cross thru the brutal desert is sweat and a single blister remedied by a bandaid, I rolled my eyes. And it goes on and on and on... While I understand the desire to better understand the struggles and tragedies of those living on the border and those struggling to migrate across the Americas, I strongly recommend you use your money to buy Luis Alberto Urrea’s books instead: The House of Broken Angels for living on the northern side of the border, The Devils Highway for the brutality of crossing the border, and By the Lake of Sleeping Children (where Cummins hijacked Urrea's real life experiences in the Tijuana dump) for life on the southern side of the border.
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- R. Rodriguez
- 31/01/2020
Sappy and unrealistic - an insult to intelligence
I know there's a bunch of controversies, but that's not even the point. As I read this book everything just seemed like a telenovela version of reality. Really overblown, sappy and uneven. Stereotypical, one-dimensional. It goes from unrealistic depictions of gang activities in Mexico, with the most ridiculous scenarios of power to a (I don't even know what word to use) innocent romance between a murderous gang leader who wears spectacles and happens also to have a soft heart and loves bad poetry. And he is just is "so misunderstood". REALLY! What a waste of time and money, after 14 slogging chapters trying to find out what I am missing, I gave up. I would bet this will become a bad movie with the typical cast of Hollywood Hispanic characters. The performer reads the book as if she's on Prozac. How irritating.
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- Melinda
- 31/01/2020
A very mediocre book.
I bought this title before the negative criticisms arose. When my daughter expressed shock at my purchasing it I was dismayed because i thought it was too mundane to be controversial. I think it’s lack of excellence is what becomes so offensive as you proceed through it. The plot line isn’t terrible. It is contrived and improbable ,but it is fiction. The author uses way, way too much repetitive reflection as padding. The reading probably propels the book more than it deserves because it is very good. It is just such a trite, Lifetime Movie perspective on the gut wrenching tragedy suffered by those forced into migration, It steers so vehemently away from the disastrous political and racist elements involved. It poses no questions whatsoever, just runs it’s dull, repetitive, derivative narrative down the track. It turns an epic historical tragedy into a dull novel. Now that’s tricky. If Oprah hadn’t endorsed it the book would have disappeared like so many bad efforts do.
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- Jess Tarr
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Gripping, Heartbreaking, Beautiful & Eye-Opening!
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- Amazon Customer
- 31/01/2020
Amazing!
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- Natalie A. Kindt
- 02/02/2020
Illegitimate
The main character refers to her mother as “abuela.” I would not recommend this book, as I believe it is poorly researched.
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- Shane
- 28/01/2020
Get ready to rethink your opinion!
I don't write a lot of reviews because I listen to a couple of audiobooks a week. Sometimes they all run together but hold on to your hat with this one! I've always had pretty strong opinions about migrants but this really pushed me outside of my comfort zone and made me rethink. Put yourself in the lives of these people and think how you might react. What would you?? No spoilers here, I'll just say read this with an open mind...
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- Joy
- 24/01/2020
A must read
While the characters in this story eluded to and endured many unpleasant and life changing events, I feel that this story was maybe a little sugar coated. No - not the sticky sweet sort, just not digging into the nasty underbelly of some of the events. Not that I think that was a bad thing or maybe even necessary. There was a lot of information that needed to be touched on and the author did an excellent job in covering so many reasons, possibilities and realities. I appreciated following characters who were good people but needed to leave, I appreciated reading about the bad apple sort who were part of the story and I appreciated the people who opened up their hearts, food and shelter to those in need. I think this is a must read for everyone and especially to those who think we should close our borders to all. We should remember that our nation is a nation built on immigrants and no matter the race, color or religion, you and your forefathers came from somewhere else and undoubtedly suffered their share of discrimination and hardship. My guess is most of them were not criminals just people looking for a better life. My thoughts are getting political so I'm going to stop now. In the end, this is a good heart warming story.
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- Deborah
- 25/01/2020
Amazing!
This book is great, for so many reasons. Yes, you have to get over the fact that Jeanine Cummins is not Mexican, and that she is not an immigrant, but she is human and therefore able to make connections and move you with her words. The amount of details, is shocking. All her characters are relatable, and throughout the book their pain becomes our pain, their joy, our joy. It’s a book filled with raw emotions, and you can’t help but keep listing, and cheering those characters on.
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- Amalia
- 21/04/2020
American Dull
This books deserves all the bad press it got. Although the (overly) dramatic writing makes the book captivating at times, the story is full of mishaps, stereotypes (and borderline racism) about Central American migrants, and migrants in general.
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