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>>Tender Accents of Sound: Spanish in the Chicano Novel in English

ISBN: 0-927534-52-5
285 pp. | paper only | $23.00 

by Ernst Rudin

The first book-length analysis of the strategic use of Spanish and its significance in the Chicano novel, this study analyzes the Spanish language elements that appear in nineteen Chicano prose narratives in English. Among the works studied are Raymond Barrio's The Plum Plum Pickers, Ron Arias's The Road to Tamazunchale, Nash Candelaria's Memoirs of the Alhambra, Ronaldo Hinojosa's The Valley, and Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. A Bibliography, index, and statistical analysis of the subject matter are also featured.

"An extremely well-researched book that will appeal to those interested in the linguistic aspects of contemporary Chicano/a prose narrative..." -- Choice