ISBN: 0-927534-06-1
224 pp. | paper | $17.00
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Aristeo Brito, translated by David William Foster
a
bilingual edition
Clásicos Chicanos/ Chicano Classics #5
Winner
of the 1990 Western States Book Award for Fiction
Using
legends, folklore, and oral history, Aristeo Brito weaves the struggles
of the oppressed and exploited agrarian community of Presidio, Texas,
through three historical periods. Greed personified, the devil swings
back and forth between Presidio and Ojinaga (across the border in
Mexico) and savors the betrayals and violent deaths that choke Presidio's
history. Through four generations the Uranga family confronts the
devil with quiet heroism. Readers of Spanish will marvel at the
unique mixture of Chicano Spanish, standard Spanish, and English
- all used to reflect different realitites and levels of awareness.
"Brito
. . . is a writer of impressive range and possibility." -Western
States Book Awards Jury
"A
book of consuming character and muted passion." -
Los Angeles Times
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