The Mango Tree

<p>The Mango Tree follows the life of Ramiro Valenzuela an indigenous Yaqui native as he embarks on a wild journey that takes him from his homeland in Mexico to the United States Italy Greece the UK and Canada. Rising out of poverty and through the ranks of post-WWII academia Ramiro grapples with existential questions of power identity climate change and how to live a meaningful life amid the beauty and terror of an ever-changing world. What follows is a dreamlike tale of nature and man rendered with lyrical grace and deep elegiac resonance. </p><p><br></p><p>Through the voices of Ramiro and the characters he encounters-including his grandfather Felipe enslaved by the D��az regime; Kurt a Nazi U-boat captain marooned in Mexico; Mike a soldier-turned-artist in Italy; and the titular Mango Tree-Cabot tells the story of the twentieth century itself in striking intimate detail. The Mango Tree is at its heart a novel about love the land around us and the bloody consequences of empire across the globe.</p><p><br></p>