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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... buried treasure : It was on a night like this that the ranch folk gathered at the Big House to shell corn . All came : Tío Julianito , the pastor , with his brood of black half - starved children ever eager for food ; Alejo the fiddler ...
... buried treasure : It was on a night like this that the ranch folk gathered at the Big House to shell corn . All came : Tío Julianito , the pastor , with his brood of black half - starved children ever eager for food ; Alejo the fiddler ...
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... buried . The American cowboys here call it Mexican superstition , but I swear to you that strange things do happen , señor . " One evening at sundown , as I was returning home with my flock , I heard voices inside of the house ...
... buried . The American cowboys here call it Mexican superstition , but I swear to you that strange things do happen , señor . " One evening at sundown , as I was returning home with my flock , I heard voices inside of the house ...
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... buried in a safe place . On the return trip , the guides , knowing that they would be immensely rich if they acquired the gold , killed their masters . They came to Las Escobas to look for the buried money , but , search as they might ...
... buried in a safe place . On the return trip , the guides , knowing that they would be immensely rich if they acquired the gold , killed their masters . They came to Las Escobas to look for the buried money , but , search as they might ...
Contenido
The Cicada | 9 |
Tío Patricio 22223 | 28 |
The Perennial Lover | 42 |
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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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