The Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy
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"Wonderful...a book that connects us to the global story of ourselves." -Sandra Cisneros In this beautifully written, highly original work, John Phillip Santos- the author of Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation-creates a virtuosic meditation on ancestry and origins. Weaving together a poetic mix of family remembrance, personal odyssey, conquest history, and magical realism, Santos recounts his quest to find the missing chronicle of his mother's family, who arrived in southern Texas in the 1620s. As Santos traces their roots to northern Spain, he re-imagines the way we think about identity. The result is a uniquely engaging adventure in the frontier between self and family, past and present, at a time when breakthroughs in genetics are changing our window on history.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0143118730
ISBN13:9780143118732
Release Date:March 2011
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:306 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Poetic and fabulous
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
John Phillip Santos is a poetic writer. He captures the past, present and future in a net woven with hypnotic words, cross cultural experiences, and an open heart. Highly recommended!!!
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