'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Martins)Įddie Vega's wild, superbly written novel buzzes with intelligence, humor, and originality.-Jean Charbonneau, author of Comme Un Intrus (Qu�bec Am�rique) /rebates/2fAwake-Now-Sailor-Eddie-Vega2fbook2f28616962&. Bahisler kapand ne demek, First command pensacola, Vega gymnastics. Eddie Vega (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating 14 ratings. Russia us news now, Westlake winter tires review, Wiwichu a merry christmas. It-and Vega-are the real thing.-Tristan Davies, author of Cake (Johns Hopkins)Ī rich and powerful novel on par with Lowry's Under the Volcano and Mishima's Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea.-Cortright McMeel, author of Short (St. 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars. This is a novel that knows novels, not one that strains and fails to be literary. Vega's intelligence is clear at every turn in his writing, but like the poetry of his tramp-traveling hero, it's kept under wraps. Eddie Vega's funny, poignant, and smart debut is a bildungsroman charting its protagonist's transformation from exile to homecoming. Awake at the Wheel: Getting Your Great Ideas Rolling (in an Uphill. Superficially dissimilar, the Cubans and the Welsh have a lot in common: They are brawlers, romantics, and go everywhere with music in their ears. Gerald Marcus Savage, Todays Short Stories Analyzed An Informal Encyclopedia of. He holds degrees in writing and journalism from Brooklyn College and Columbia University, and an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps, where he served as a communications specialist. and is showcased on the Web site of the Philadelphia Historical Society. A winner of the Irwin Shaw Fiction Prize, he also writes poetry his poem 'Translating My Grandfather's House' has become a standard reading assignment in many primary schools across the U.S.

A former merchant seaman, Eddie Vega is a Cuban-born writer and journalist whose work has appeared in numerous anthologies, school textbooks, and news venues, among them, Parnassus, Little Havana Blues, Brooklyn Review, Backstage magazine, The New York Law Journal, and The Washington Post.

Awake Now, Sailor by Eddie Vega