Download or read book The Bullet Swallower written by Elizabeth Gonzalez James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “mesmerizing...wildly entertaining” (The Boston Globe) magical realism western in the vein of Cormac McCarthy meets Gabriel García Márquez, The Bullet Swallower follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to rob a train, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making. In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He’s good with his gun and drawn to trouble but he’s also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it—with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio finds himself launched into a quest for revenge that endangers not only his life and his family, but his eternal soul. In 1964, Jaime Sonoro is Mexico’s most renowned actor and singer. But his comfortable life is disrupted when he discovers a book that purports to tell the entire history of his family beginning with Cain and Abel. In its ancient pages, Jaime learns about the multitude of horrific crimes committed by his ancestors. And when the same mysterious figure from Antonio’s timeline shows up in Mexico City, Jaime realizes that he may be the one who has to pay for his ancestors’ crimes, unless he can discover the true story of his grandfather Antonio, the legendary bandido El Tragabalas, The Bullet Swallower. A family saga that’s epic in scope and loosely based on the author’s own great-grandfather, The Bullet Swallower is “rich in lyrical language, gripping action, and enchanting magical realism” (Esquire). It tackles border politics, intergenerational trauma, and the legacies of racism and colonialism in a lush setting with stunning prose that asks who pays for the sins of our ancestors and whether it is possible to be better than our forebearers.
Download or read book The Woman Who Lost Her Soul and Other Stories written by Jovita Gonzàlez Mireles and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer Jovita González was a long memeber- and ultimately seved as president- of Texas Folklore Society, which strve to preserve the oral traditions and customs of her native state. Many of the folklore-based stories in this volume were published by González in periodicals such as Southwest Review from the 1920s through the 1940s but have been gathered here for the first time. Sergio Reyna has brought together more than thirty narratives by González and arranged them into Animal Tales (such as "The Mescal-Drinking Horse"); Tales of Humans ("The Bullet-Swallower"); Tales of Popular Customs ("Shelling Corn by Moonlight); Religious Tales ("The Guadalupana Vine); Tales of Mexican Ancestrors ("Ambriosio the Indian); and Tales of Ghosts, Demons, and Buried Treasure ("The Woman Who Lost Her Soul"). Reyna also provides a helpful introduction that succinctly surveys the authors life and work, analyzing her writings within their historical and cultural contexts.
Download or read book The Bullet Swallower written by Elizabeth Gonzalez James and published by Platinum Spotlight Series. This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1895, Antonio Sonoro is the latest in a long line of ruthless men. He's good with his gun and is drawn to trouble but he's also out of money and out of options. A drought has ravaged the town of Dorado, Mexico, where he lives with his wife and children, and so when he hears about a train laden with gold and other treasures, he sets off for Houston to rob it -- with his younger brother Hugo in tow. But when the heist goes awry and Hugo is killed by the Texas Rangers, Antonio finds himself launched into a quest for revenge that endangers not only his life and his family, but his eternal soul.
Download or read book Dancing with the Devil written by José Eduardo Limón and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extended ethnographic essay that explores the socially produced, narratively mediated, and relatively unconscious ideological responses of people--scholars and folk--to a history of race and class domination, with specific reference to several distinct though inter- related spheres of folkloric symbolic action concerning the working classes of Mexican-American south Texas. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Recovering the U S Hispanic Literary Heritage written by Ramón A. Gutiérrez and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage is a compendium of articles by the leading scholars on Hispanic literary history of the United States. The anthology functions to acquaint both expert and neophyte with the work that has been done to date on this literary history, to outline the agenda for recovering the lost Hispanic literary heritage and to discuss the pressing questions of canonization, social class, gender and identity that must be addressed in restoring the lost or inaccessible history and literature of any people.
Download or read book Latino and Latina Writers written by Alan West and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A two-volume bio-bibliographical and critical examination of numerous Cuban, Dominican, Chicano and Puerto Rican writers. Includes only authors who have published since 1960.
Download or read book Chicano Writers written by Francisco A. Lomelí and published by Dictionary of Literary Biograp. This book was released on 1992 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devoted to literature produced by writers of Mexican descent born in the United States, living here permanently, or having lived in the territory which until 1848 was part of Mexico.
Download or read book The Sword Swallower written by Ron Goulart and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Publications of the Texas Folklore Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in no. 1-4.
Download or read book Publications of the Texas Folk lore Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Chicano Folklore from the Southwestern United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gente Decente written by Leticia Garza-Falcón and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garza-Falcon also draws on previously unused primary sources, including interviews and literature, to present a unique social-class analysis based on historical notions of identity and experience. Unlike traditional literary analysis, her work offers significant insights into the ongoing failure of the U.S. public education system to address the needs of children of Texas-Mexican (borderlands) ancestry.
Download or read book Southwest Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Women Writers 1900 1945 written by Laurie Champion and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2000-09-30 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles nearly sixty American women writers whose most significant works were written or published between 1900 and 1945, describing their lives, major works and themes, and critical reception, and providing primary and secondary bibliographies.
Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Chicana and Latina Narrative written by Kathy Leonard and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-08-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having produced a 1997 bibliography of short fiction by Latin American women that appears in English language anthologies, Leonard (Spanish and Hispanic linguistics, Iowa State U.) decided to create one that incorporated the many works that did not meet the strict criteria. Her guide to narrative work by women of Latin American descent who were born and raised in the US or have resided there for a significant part of their lives, is designed to serve the growing attention such writers and works are attracting in academic circles. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Download or read book The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature written by Nicolás Kanellos and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From East L.A. to the barrios of New York City and the Cuban neighborhoods of Miami, Latino literature, or literature written by Hispanic peoples of the United States, is the written word of North America's vibrant Latino communities. Emerging from the fusion of Spanish, North American, and African cultures, it has always been part of the American mosaic. Written for students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the vast landscape of Latino literature from the colonial era to the present. Aiming to be as broad and inclusive as possible, the encyclopedia covers all of native North American Latino literature as well as that created by authors originating in virtually every country of Spanish America and Spain. Included are more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries written by roughly 60 expert contributors. While most of the entries are on writers, such as Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Oscar Hijuelos, and Piri Thomas, others cover genres, ethnic and national literatures, movements, historical topics and events, themes, concepts, associations and organizations, and publishers and magazines. Special attention is given to the cultural, political, social, and historical contexts in which Latino literature has developed. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. The encyclopedia gives special attention to the social, cultural, historical, and political contexts of Latino literature, thus making it an ideal tool to help students use literature to learn about history and cultural diversity.
Download or read book New Mexico Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
