The Devil's Highway by Luís Alberto Urrea audiobook

The Devil's Highway: A True Story

By Luis Alberto Urrea
Read by Luis Alberto Urrea

Little, Brown & Company 9780316746717
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This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.

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Summary

Summary

A 2005 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in General Nonfiction

Huffington Post Pick of Books to Help You Understand America

An Electric Literature of True Stories about the Journey to Seek Asylum

This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "the single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).

In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A painstaking, unsentimental and oddly lyrical chronology of the traveling party’s horrific trek through the Sonora.” —Washington Post
“[This book] may not directly influence the forces behind the US's southern border travesties, but it does give names and identities to the faceless and maligned ‘wetbacks’ and ‘pollos,’ and highlights the brutality and unsustainable nature of the many walls separating the two countries.”  —Publishers Weekly
“A powerful, almost diabolical impression of the disaster and the exploitative conditions at the border. Urrea shows immigration policy on the human level.” —Booklist
“A horrendous story told with bitter skill, highlighting the whole sordid, greedy mess that attends illegal broader crossings.”  —Kirkus Reviews
“His reading of his own work offers all the advantages of author narration—perfect pronunciation and emphasis—with none of the disadvantages. He obviously enjoys the idioms of the border.” —AudioFile
“Superb…Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
“What is the real story of undocumented immigration from our southern neighbor?…In his acclaimed 2004 account The Devil’s Highway, he puts this story into human terms.” —Huffington Post
“The research here is excellent, and Urrea's narration is impressive. The story unfolds in a way that is fascinating to the listener—you can almost feel the heat and smell the desperation.” —Library Journal (audio review)
The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy. —The Atlantic
It makes what currently passes for our public debate over illegal immigration seem appallingly abstract and tin-eared. The Devil's Highway isn't just a great book, it's a necessary one. —Jeff Salamon, Austin American-Statesman
Urrea's writing is wickedly good--outrage tempered with concern channeled into deft prose. —Kathleen Johnson, Kansas City Star
Urrea writes about U.S.-Mexican border culture with a tragic and beautiful intimacy that has no equal. —Tom Montgomery Fate, Boston Globe
One of the great surrealistic tragedies of the global age...Urrea has crafted an impassioned and poetic exploration of the dark side of globalization, where commodities flow free and people die in the desert. —Jefferson Cowie, Chicago Tribune
In artful yet uncomplicated prose, Urrea captivatingly tells how a dozen men squeezed by to safety...Confident and full of righteous rage, Urrea's story is a well-crafted melange of first-person testimony, geographic history, cultural and economic analysis, poetry and an indictment of immigration policy. —Publishers Weekly
A powerful, almost diabolical impression of the disaster and the exploitative conditions of the border. Urrea shows immigration policy on the human level. —Booklist

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Author Bio: Luís Alberto Urrea

Author Bio: Luís Alberto Urrea

Luís Alberto Urrea is the author of numerous works of nonfiction, poetry, and fiction, including The Devil’s Highway, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and The House of Broken Angels, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, among many other honors, including the Lannan Literary Award, Edgar Award, Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize, American Book Award, Christopher Award, and more.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 8.85
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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