The Woman who Lost Her Soul: And Other Stories

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Arte 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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The Cardinal
11
Juan el Loco
28
The Perennial Lover
42
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JOVITA GONZALEZ (1904-1983) was born in south Texas to a family of teachers. In the summer of 1925 she had "the far-reaching experience" of meeting folklorist J. Frank Dobie, who became an enduring friend and mentor. At his urging and with his encouragement, she began publishing tales of the Texas-Mexico border such as those she knew form her childhood. With her husband, Edmundo Mireles, she also co-authored two popular series of textbooks for learning Spanish. Two novels written by her were published posthumously: Caballero and Dew on the Thorn. Sergio Reyna is a doctoral candidate in Spanish at the University of Houston and a bilingual teacher with the Alief Independent School District. He previously served as co-editor of the journal Difusion Educativa of the National Pedagogical University in Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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