Even a hashtag - My Latino Novel - has popped up on Twitter, where people are writing their own parodies.
There have been tweet threads and essays, all arguing that the book deploys harmful stereotypes. Īnd that is one of the many problems with American Dirt, according to several critics. It's been hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times." In fact, that quote is on the cover of the book. border after gunmen from a local drug cartel kill most of their family.
It's the story of a Mexican woman named Lydia and her 8-year-old son Luca, who flee their home and undertake a harrowing journey to the U.S. It's called American Dirt, and it's the much-hyped new novel from author Jeanine Cummins that was released this week. There's a book you might have heard of by now.
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