Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation Contributor(s): Santos, John Phillip (Author) |
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ISBN: 0140292020 ISBN-13: 9780140292022 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2000 Annotation: In this beautifully wrought memoir, an award-winning writer weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the soul of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.06" W x 7.84" (0.50 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Mexican - Topical - Family - Locality - San Antonio, Texas - Geographic Orientation - Texas - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - South |
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Publisher Description: 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. |