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Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
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Finalist for the National Book Award!In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the story of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people. The story unfolds through a pageant of unforgettable family figures: from Madrina–touched with epilepsy and prophecy ever since, as a girl, she saw a dying soul leave its body–to Teofilo, who was kidnapped as an infant and raised by the Kikapu Indians of Northern Mexico. At the heart of the book is Santos’ search for the meaning of his grandfather’s suicide in San Antonio, Texas, in 1939. Part treasury of the elders, part elegy, part personal odyssey, this is an immigration tale and a haunting family story that offers a rich, magical view of Mexican-American culture.
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| Weight | 1.39 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1.71 × 12.86 × 19.56 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | USA |
| by | |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | |
| Pages | 320 |
| Publisher | |
| Year Published | 2000-8-1 |
| Imprint | |
| ISBN 10 | 0140292020 |
| About The Author | John Phillip Santos, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, is the first Mexican American Rhodes Scholar whose awards include the Academy of American Poets' Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. His articles on Latino culture have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and the San Antonio Express-News. Writer and producer of more than forty television documentaries for CBS-TV and PBS-TV, two of them Emmy nominees, he lives in New York City. |
| Table Of Content | Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation Family TreesTestimonio1. Tierra de Viejitas2. Códices de los Abuelos3. Valle de SilencioMexico Viejo4. Cuento Mestizo5. The Flowered Path6. From Huisache to CedarPeregrinaje7. Zona de Niebla8. Aztec Theater9. Rain of StonesVolador10. Exilio11. La Ruta12. Una CanciónEpilogueTent of Grief: An AfterwordAcknowledgments |
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