The Mango Tree

By Robert Cabot

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.

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929701984
• ISBN13: 9780929701981
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Laughing Diamond Publishing
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.3"