Sapogonia
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Book Overview
A New York Times Notable Book - "A complex, engaging novel...Sapogonia will establish Castillo as one of our finest Chicana novelists." --Rudolfo Anaya The author of So Far From God, Ana Castillo... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0916950956
ISBN13:9780916950958
Release Date:March 1990
Publisher:Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Seductive in More Ways than One!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
Long before this country discovered "His-panic" literature there was Ana Castillo. Long before feminists understood that the Mexican/Chicana/Latina existed at all Ana Castillo was already writing the testament. Honestly, this has not been my favorite of her all her work but having come out with a small press originally its liabilities may not have been her fault. Nevertheless, it has withstood the test of time. I love Maximo, that man we Latinas love to hate and hate to love. As for Pastora, only a fool would see that she is meant to represent the macho's idea of woman. He creates her only to destroy her before she can destroy him. Seductive in more ways than one and way ahead of its time!
Stunning and enthralling..exquisite writing...Bravo!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
I read this exquisite achievement from Ana Castillo a while back ago, and it still permeates every pore in my body. This book illustrates the seduction between a beautiful pagan demi-goddess that is envisioned as Coatlique. A witch she is called by her desperate lover, Maximo through the soft lament of his guitar. This novel is an orgasmic documentation of an obsessive attraction of flesh and mind. Of Hero worship and loss.Ana Castillo creates Pastora as a strong sexual brilliant woman, who has enraptured Maximo. But Maximo can never have her.
Excellent
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
A multi-viewpoint view on the areas of assimilation, violence, and gender relations. Castillo masterfully wavers from the masculine narrator Max (whom she writes from both the first and third person, sometimes switching in the middle of the narration) and Pastora, the woman with whom he is infatuated and cannot obtain. She also mixes fantasy, memory, and dreams to create a work that will stay with the reader long after the final page is read.
Intriguing look at the assertive mujer and the macho.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Wonderful book that explores the fantasies and realities of being connected to another place, and people. Castillo intertwines the Mestizo's search of self between Sapogonia, US and Spain. Gives the strong Latina and Macho view of romance and obsession.
more than just a romance
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Without a doubt, Ana Castillo is one of America's top women fiction writers...Sapagonia is a wild fantasy fluctuating between a make-believe country and Chicago. Romance, prejudice and women-hood explode in this 'social' self-exploration during a young man's maturation.
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