Mario Bencastro

Odyssey to the North Mario Bencastro First edition

Decades of civil war in Central America, coupled with the need for manpower in the United States, have made the Hispanic immmigrant a fixture in modern American life. Showing the heartbreak as well as the humor of missteps and misunderstandings in a strange culture, award-winning author Mario Bencastro creates a sensitive and caring portrait of one such immigrant, Calixto, as he struggles to survive in the foreign environment that becomes his proving grounds.