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Trece Sentidos = Thirteen Senses
Contributor(s): Villasenor, Victor (Author)
ISBN: 0060505117     ISBN-13: 9780060505110
Publisher: Rayo
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Language: Spanish
Published: September 2002
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Annotation: Continuing the family saga he began in "Rain of Gold, " Villaseor tells the story of a young Mexican-American couple living in California and coping with the economic and social effects of the Great Depression.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Minority Studies
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.34" W x 8.02" (1.01 lbs) 528 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Mexican
- Cultural Region - West Coast
- Ethnic Orientation - Chicano
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Geographic Orientation - California
- Topical - Family
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
 
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Publisher Description:
En un deslumbrante relato de pasi n, Trece Sentidos de Victor Villase or contin a la estipulante epopeya familiar que empez con el ampliamente reconocido bestseller Lluvia de Oro. Trece Sentidos abre con las bodas de oro del ya mayor Salvador y su elegante esposa, Lupe. Cuando un joven sacerdote le pide a Lupe que repita la sagrada frase ceremonial 'respetar y obedecer, ' Lupe se sorprende a s misma al contestar-- No, no voy a decir obedecer C mo se atreve Ah, no Usted no me va a hablar as despu s de cincuenta a os de matrimonio y sabiendo lo que s --. As , la familia Villase or se ve forzada a examinar el amor que Lupe y Salvador han compartido por tantos a os: un amor universal, entr able y sincero que eventualmente dar energ a e inspiraci n a la pareja en su vejez.

Contributor Bio(s): Villasenor, Victor: -

Victor Villaseñor vive en California en el rancho donde fue criado. Es autor de numerosos obras editoriales y aclamadas obras, entre ellas Lluvia de oro, Jurado: La Gente vs. Juan Corona, y ¡Macho!.

Victor Villaseñor's bestselling, critically acclaimed works, as well as his inspiring lectures, have brought him the honor of many awards. Most recently he was selected as the founding chair of the John Steinbeck Foundation. He lives in Oceanside, California.