The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel

The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez: A Novel by Rudy Ruiz. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781982604615.

An award-winning author “A novel of redemption that will leave you in joyful tears."-Charlie Lovett, New York Times bestselling author In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at first sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, the local pharmacists daughter. But as theyll soon find out, their bonds will be undone by a force more powerful than they could have known. Thirty years after their first fateful encounter, Fulgencio Ramirez, RPh, is conducting his daily ritual of reading the local obituaries in his cramped pharmacy office. After nearly a quarter of a century of waiting, Fulgencio sees the news hes been hoping for: his nemesis, the husband of Carolina Mendelssohn, has died. A work of magical realism, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez weaves together the past and present as Fulgencio strives to succeed in America, break a mystical family curse, and win back Carolinais love after their doomed youthful romance. Through enchanting language and meditations about the porous nature of borders -- cultural, geographic, and otherworldly -- The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez offers a vision of how the past has divided us, and how the future could unite us.