The Woman who Lost Her Soul: And Other StoriesArte Público Press, 2000 - 157 páginas Sergio Reyna has brought together more than thirty narratives by Gonzalez 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 Ancestors ("Ambrosio 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 author's life and work, analyzing her writings within their historical and cultural contexts. Book jacket. |
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... beautiful services of the Christmas season . It is a service which we who are still Christians and speak God's own language hold every year in honor of the birth of the Christ Child . " Since there is no church and no regular choir ...
... beautiful services of the Christmas season . It is a service which we who are still Christians and speak God's own language hold every year in honor of the birth of the Christ Child . " Since there is no church and no regular choir ...
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... beautiful American ladies singing at the corner . What attracted his attention was that they played the guitar . And that made him homesick for the ranch . He stopped to listen , and the beautiful ladies talked to him and patted him on ...
... beautiful American ladies singing at the corner . What attracted his attention was that they played the guitar . And that made him homesick for the ranch . He stopped to listen , and the beautiful ladies talked to him and patted him on ...
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... beautiful side of life , and the other , Antonio , always took pleas- ure in seeing the unpleasant and ugly side of things . As the two were out in the potrero ( pasture ) one day , Juan said " Don't you think , compadre , that the ...
... beautiful side of life , and the other , Antonio , always took pleas- ure in seeing the unpleasant and ugly side of things . As the two were out in the potrero ( pasture ) one day , Juan said " Don't you think , compadre , that the ...
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Tío Patricio 22223 | 28 |
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The Woman Who Lost Her Soul and Other Stories: Collected Tales and Short Stories Jovita Gonzàlez Mireles Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
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