The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez

The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez is a beautiful novel about love, family curses, class differences, and the difficulties of Latinos to progress in America, as well as a reflection on all borders, not just geographical ones.

-- "Al Dia"

A magical realist tale of star-crossed lovers in the border town of La Frontera...There's a family curse, immigration politics, and love. What more could you ask for?

-- "Book Riot"

A quirky, colorful story...full of rich detail...Ruiz creates a surreal world with death and not-death that allows all the friends Fulgencio meets in his adventures to live beyond their demise--and cross back over the line just to hold court with him. The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez is ultimately a party of all these characters, endlessly recounting the unbelievable adventures of their hero.

-- "New York Journal of Books"

A romantic and sentimental tale, The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez explores what bad choices and the ravages of time do to a border couple's love. The many plot twists keep the reader guessing about that age-old question: Can you ever return to what you have lost in the past?

-- "Sergio Troncoso, author of A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son"

Rudy Ruiz perfectly captures the thunderclap of true love and the magical, terrible, and beautiful ways its storm plays out through the lives of his characters. Like his beloved Carolina, you will be drawn to Fulgencio, you will flourish in his presence, you will be frustrated and angry with him, and ultimately you will love him and rejoice in his resurrection. A novel of redemption that will leave you in joyful tears.

-- "Charlie Lovett, New York Times bestselling author"

Rudy Ruiz's first novel is told with wit and verve. Entertaining and dramatic, this novel will delight readers and leave you wanting more.

-- "Nora Comstock de Hoyos, PhD, founder, Las Comadres Para Las Americas"

Ruiz's first novel is full of life, a brew of contemporary and historical fiction, a coming-of-age tale, adventurous, mysterious, and romantic, laced with social commentary, both spiced and sweetened by the grand Latinx tradition of magical realism...Ruiz's voice is distinctive, though the cadence is familiar, recognizable to readers of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges, and Laura Esquivel, to name a very few. Ruiz's style is also somehow comforting, recalling literature past. Fulgencio has the medicine we need right now.

-- "Lone Star Literary Life"

With an atmospheric setting and beguiling prose, lavish details, fascinating, well-developed characters, and charming elements of magic realism, Ruiz conjures a magnetic story about the kindness of strangers, solid familial bonds, bold perseverance, and steadfast love.

-- "Booklist (starred review)"