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  • The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez

  • A Novel
  • By: Rudy Ruiz
  • Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
  • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (26 ratings)

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The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez

By: Rudy Ruiz
Narrated by: Johnny Rey Diaz
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San Antonio Express News Editor's Picks for 10 Great Fiction and Nonfiction Books to Read in September

In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at first sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, the local pharmacist’s daughter. But as they’ll soon find out, their bonds will be undone by a force more powerful than they could have known.

Thirty years after their first fateful encounter, Fulgencio Ramirez, RPh, is conducting his daily ritual of reading the local obituaries in his cramped pharmacy office. After nearly a quarter of a century of waiting, Fulgencio sees the news he’s been hoping for: his nemesis, the husband of Carolina Mendelssohn, has died.

A work of magical realism, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez weaves together the past and present as Fulgencio strives to succeed in America, break a mystical family curse, and win back Carolina’s love after their doomed youthful romance. Through enchanting language and meditations about the porous nature of borders - cultural, geographic, and otherworldly - The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez offers a vision of how the past has divided us, and how the future could unite us.

©2020 Rudy Ruiz (P)2020 Blackstone Publishing
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Fantastic

Loved the complexity of the characters and the struggles that they faces. As a Latina, I was able to identify with the emotions, culture, and toxic behaviors that the main character struggled with and showing how anyone can make a change.

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the main character Fuly, he made me so mad. Stubbornest controls his emotions. Fuly to immature to have a love described in the book. One choice affects not only his life, but others. What could have been is not bc of his machisto attitude. I haven't read a love story in a long time, this is book is similar to The Notebook with the twist of Mexican culture. I loved this book. ❤️

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Outstanding

I read all the books of Rudy Ruiz and they are enthralling. I hope he writes more.

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Engrossing

Loved the story, but the narrator mispronounced many words both in English and Spanish. I found it distracting. Those segments should probably have been re-recorded.

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