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English Language and Literature

University of Texas at El Paso

2013

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Animals, Maria Alicia Gomez Jan 2013

Animals, Maria Alicia Gomez

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Animals tells the stories of various characters and their lives within the neighborhood of Shadow and Anima Streets. The novel is structured in fragments that cycle through multiple characters from the local bar owner, to the homeless men roaming the alleys, a horse that befriends and old blind widow, a lion that roams the streets and a woman who slowly turns to stone. The novel treats themes of friendship, isolation, and community.


Shadows On The Wall, Daniel Bruce Greenhalgh Jan 2013

Shadows On The Wall, Daniel Bruce Greenhalgh

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Thom Roth has spent his entire life in the Refuge, a secure and fundamentally hierarchical facility which protects the remnants of human civilization. Under the tutelage of Minister Trask, Thom has risen to become a primary contender for an administrative appointment, as well as secured the affections of Dee McKay, Trask's granddaughter. However, when Thom's best friends, Geoff and Scott, discover a small, secret tunnel underneath the Refuge, the three friends' learn that the foundation of their home was decidedly messier than they had been taught. On the other side of the tunnel they find another, smaller Refuge, with fewer …


Synesthetes, Or: Lazaro And The Apocalyptic Millennials, Fabian Molina Jan 2013

Synesthetes, Or: Lazaro And The Apocalyptic Millennials, Fabian Molina

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Lazaro and Co. around El Paso town.