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03179aam a2200517 i 4500 001 6E10DF12462211E9A3F20F6897128E48 003 SILO 005 20190314012734 008 180319t20192019txu s000 f eng c 010 $a 2018012649 020 $a 1477317775 020 $a 9781477317778 035 $a (OCoLC)1029788464 040 $a TxU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d DLC $d UKMGB $d ORX $d IGA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d QS5 $d NUI $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h spa 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-tx $a n-us-tx 050 00 $a PQ7298.3.O78 $b E5413 2019 082 00 $a 863/.64 $2 23 100 1 $a Toscana, David, $d 1961- $e author. 240 10 $a EjeÌrcito iluminado. $l English 245 14 $a The enlightened army / $c David Toscana ; translated by David William Foster. 264 1 $a Austin, TX : $b University of Texas Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 232 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 1 $a Latin American Literature in translation series 546 $a In English translated from Spanish. 520 $a Ignacio Matus is a public school history teacher in Monterrey, Mexico, who gets fired because of his patriotic rantings about Mexico's repeated humiliations by the United States. Not only did Mexico's northern neighbor steal a large swath of the country in the Mexican-American War, but according to Matus it also denied him Olympic glory. Excluded from the 1924 Olympics, Matus ran his own parallel marathon and beat the time of the American who officially won the bronze medal. After spending decades attempting to vindicate his supposed triumph and claim the medal, Matus seeks an even bigger vindication--he will reconquer Texas for Mexico! Recruiting an army of "los iluminados," the enlightened ones, Matus sets off on a quest as worthy of Don Quixote as it is doomed. David Toscana is one of Latin America's leading contemporary writers, and his books have won several prestigious awards, including the Casa de las AmeÌricas Prize for The Enlightened Army. The novel's treatment of the troubled relations between Mexico and the United States makes it highly topical at a time when immigration and border walls capture headlines, while its lyrical writing and humorous take on the absurdities of everyday life offer timeless pleasures. 650 0 $a People with disabilities $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Anti-Americanism $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Mexico $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Texas $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Anti-Americanism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00810284 650 7 $a People with disabilities. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01057245 651 7 $a Mexico. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211700 651 7 $a Texas. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210336 650 7 $a FICTION. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Caribbean & Latin American. $2 bisacsh 650 4 $a Anti-Americanism $v Fiction. 650 4 $a People with disabilities $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Foster, David William, $e translator. 830 0 $a Latin American Literature in translation series 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191122020708.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E10DF12462211E9A3F20F6897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search