What to read: Books about the borderBy Concepción de León, New York Times books departmentI write a column in which I recommend books for readers who want to better understand a topic in the news — climate change, immigration or the economy, for instance. In this case: How do we understand life at the border? Our reviewer wrote: “The novel truly becomes novel again in her hands — electric, elastic, alluring, new. THE LINE BECOMES A RIVER: Dispatches From the Border, by Francisco Cantú (2018)Tired of reading about the border secondhand, Mr. Cantú decided to join the Border Patrol. Though the agents are primed for drug cartels, they more often encounter their victims: “bewildered, disoriented, helpless migrants,” our reviewer wrote.

Source: New York Times April 18, 2019 14:14 UTC