Parrot in the oven is one of the finest Mexican literature creation. It has been written on the basis of 14 year old American boy, grown up in Mexico. This is a story of this boy, how he deals with gang culture of Mexico, and how he deals with poverty and violence of Mexico. This book has been written in semi biographical way. This book has been translated in multiple languages like Spanish, Italian, Japanese and German.
Author of this book is Victor L. Martinaze and this is his first Novel. He was a Mexican American poet and he passed away on 18th of February 2011. This book Parrot in the oven has won National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. This is the name of the English translation; actual name of the book is Mi Vida. This author was born in Fresno, California. He was one of the twelve children. He obtained graduation degree from the California State University, Fresno. Except this novel he also written "Caring For a House". This was released in 1992.
As author was born and bought up in the state of California, he was aware of the culture of the Mexican rural areas. That is why he portrayed that picture very well in his first novel. And the English translation is also very good. This story will of course touch your heart.