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Loading... So Far from God: A Novelby Ana Castillo
None. 1   mdbrady | Apr 15, 2012 |  Fast, fun, and weird, this is one of those addictive books that sweeps you in and leaves you breathless. It's a wacky ride, as humorous as it is heartbreaking as it is surreal, but one which is surprisingly touching for all of its fast-paced explorations. This is plot-driven Chicana literature with fascinating personalities, as beautiful as it is strange, and worth the read on a quiet day that needs something outside of the norm. Come with an open mind, ready to enjoy the surprises. (  )1 whitewavedarling | Oct 10, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0452272092, Paperback)From the American Book Award-winning author of The Mixquiahuala Letters comes the story of a remarkable woman and her four daughters living in New M exico--a novel shaped by influences as diverse as Mexican mythology, Catholicism, and today's headlines. Reading tour.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:31:44 -0500) From the American Book Award-winning author of The Mixquiahuala Letters comes the story of a remarkable woman and her four daughters living in New Mexico, a novel shaped by influences as diverse as Mexican mythology, Catholicism, and today's headlines. Tome is a small, outwardly sleepy hamlet in central New Mexico. In Ana Castillo's hands, though, it stands wondrously revealed as a place of marvels, teeming with life and with all manner of collisions: the past with the present, the real with the supernatural, the comic with the horrific, the Native American with the Latino and the Anglo, the women with the men. With the talkative, intimate voice and the stylistic narrative freedom of a Southwestern Cervantes, Castillo relates the story of two crowded decades in the life of a Chicano family.… (more) |
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Castillo immerses readers in the particular world of Hispanic New Mexico villages: their people, their beliefs, and their language. Her writing is intense, sweeping readers into laughter and pain and back again. Supernatural forces move in and out of the story, yet the circumstances of the characters are all too real as they deal with everything from war in the Middle East to the loss of ancestral land. Traditional religion, Roman Catholic and native, are interwoven with political protests.
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