Heart of Aztlan"The Albuquerque barrio portrayed in this vivid novel of postwar New Mexico is a place where urban and rural, political and religious realities coexist, collide, and combine. The magic realism for which Anaya is well known combines with an emphatic portrayal of the plight of workers dispossessed of their heritage and struggling to survive in an alien culture"--University of New Mexico Press website. |
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Page 2
... llano , past the moun- tains that were but a shadow in the horizon . Tonight they would be in Albuquerque , in a new time and in a new place . He sang with joy . " Benjamín ! " He heard his mother call him . Benjie leaned forward and ...
... llano , past the moun- tains that were but a shadow in the horizon . Tonight they would be in Albuquerque , in a new time and in a new place . He sang with joy . " Benjamín ! " He heard his mother call him . Benjie leaned forward and ...
Page 6
... llano , like the sound of a tolling bell . Campanas del llano ... ¡ Grítenme piedras su secreto ! The horse buckled and tumbled into the fresh grave , then his compadres helped him fill the grave and plant a small piñon tree over it ...
... llano , like the sound of a tolling bell . Campanas del llano ... ¡ Grítenme piedras su secreto ! The horse buckled and tumbled into the fresh grave , then his compadres helped him fill the grave and plant a small piñon tree over it ...
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... llano where he had once stood and felt the elation of flying ! Yes , the power of the earth surged through him until he felt himself soaring over the landscape . Perhaps that is what Crispín meant when he said a man could fly like the ...
... llano where he had once stood and felt the elation of flying ! Yes , the power of the earth surged through him until he felt himself soaring over the landscape . Perhaps that is what Crispín meant when he said a man could fly like the ...
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