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 Cardinal | 11 |
Juan el Loco | 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 |
Términos y frases comunes
American answered asked Austin beautiful became birds border boys brought buried called child close coming continued culture dark dead devil Don Francisco evil eyes face father fear fire flowers Folk-Lore Folk-Lore Society followed Frank Dobie friends gave ghost girl hand happy head heard heart horse José María Jovita González Juan keep knew ladies land leave literary lived looked lost Mary Mexican mind morning mother Nature never night novel Pájaro Pancho Pedro played poor prayer presented priest published ranch remember replied river Satan seen señor sing song soon soul Spanish spirit stopped story strange talk tell Texas Texas A&M thing Thorn thought Tío told took treasure tree turned University vaquero voice wife woman women wonderful write