Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 321
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ISBN-10 : 9781440679193
ISBN-13 : 1440679193
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Book Synopsis Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation by : John Phillip Santos

Download or read book Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation written by John Phillip Santos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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