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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Random House Australia
ISBN-139780140292022
eBay Product ID (ePID)96537433
Product Key Features
Book TitlePlaces Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
AuthorNot Available
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial Sciences
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height196mm
Item Width129mm
Item Weight261g
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Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
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