El intenso relato del viaje de una familia a través de los campos de
California viviendo una vida en constante movimiento, de campos de fresa
a campos de algodón, y de campamentos a cobertizos de un ambiente.
Narrada por un joven que anhela estudiar y obtener el derecho de elegir
un hogar, esta es una historia de supervivencia, fe y esperanza. Un
viaje que abrirá el corazón y la mente de los lectores.
Francisco Jiménez emigró de Tlaquepaque, México, a California, donde por
muchos años trabajó junto con su familia en los campos. Obtuvo una
maestría y un doctorado en la Universidad de Columbia, siendo
actualmente jefe del Departamento de Lenguajes Modernos y Literatura de
la Universidad de Santa Clara, el escenario principal de Mas allá de
mí. Ha recibido premios por sus obras Cajas de cartón, Senderos
fronterizos, La mariposa y Más allá de mí. Reside con su familia en
Santa Clara, California.
"'La frontera' . . . I heard it for the first time back in the late
1940s when Papa and Mama told me and Roberto, my older brother, that
someday we would take a long trip north, cross la frontera, enter
California, and leave our poverty behind."
So begins this honest and powerful account of a family's journey to the
fields of California--to a life of constant moving, from strawberry
fields to cotton fields, from picking grapes to topping carrots and
thinning lettuce, from tent cities to one-room shacks. Seen through the
eyes of a boy who longs for an education and the right to call one place
home, this is a story of survival, faith, and hope. It is a journey that
will open readers' hearts and minds.
Francisco Jiménez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California,
where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He
received both his master's degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia University
and is now chairman of the Modern Languages and Literature Department at
Santa Clara University, the setting of much of Reaching Out. He is the
award-winning author of The Circuit, Breaking Through, La Mariposa,
and Reaching Out. He lives in Santa Clara, California, with his
family.
