The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez
by Rudy Ruiz
Narrated by Johnny Rey Diaz
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Pub Date Sep 22 2020 | Archive Date Feb 22 2022
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Description
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 pharmacist’s daughter. But as they’ll 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 he’s 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 Carolina’s 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.
A Note From the Publisher
Advance Praise
“With an atmospheric setting and beguiling prose, lavish details, fascinating, well-developed characters, and charming elements of magic realism, Ruiz conjures a magnetic story about the kindness of strangers, solid familial bonds, bold perseverance, and steadfast love.”
-Booklist (starred review)
“Rudy Ruiz perfectly captures the thunderclap of true love and the magical, terrible, and beautiful ways its storm plays out through the lives of his characters…A novel of redemption that will leave you in joyful tears.”
-Charlie Lovett, New York Times bestselling author of Escaping Dreamland and The Bookman’s Tale
“Rudy Ruiz’s first novel is told with wit and verve. Entertaining and dramatic, this novel will delight readers and leave you wanting more.”
-Nora Comstock de Hoyos, PhD, founder, Las Comadres Para Las Américas
“A romantic and sentimental tale, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez explores what bad choices and the ravages of time do to a border couple’s love. The many plot twists keep the reader guessing about that age-old question: Can you ever return to what you have lost in the past?”
-Sergio Troncoso, author of A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son
Marketing Plan
• Regional author tour
• National print reviews and features
• NPR interviews
• Literary-fiction buzz mailing
• National print and online advertising
• Op-eds and original essays
• Social media campaign
• Spanish-language edition simultaneous release promotion
• Author website: RudyRuiz.com
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781982604271 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| DURATION | 10 Hours, 52 Minutes, 42 Seconds |
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