Odyssey to the North

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.