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ISBN: 1-931010-06-4 Pages: 128 Price: $12.00
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fiction
by Ron Arias, translated by Ricardo Aguilar and Beth Pollack
This
long-awaited Spanish translation of the classic Chicano novel The
Road to Tamazunchale tells the story of Don Fausto, a very
old man on the verge of death who lives in the barrio of Los Angeles.
Rather than resigning himself, he embarks on a glorious journey
in and out of time, space, and consciousness with a cast of companions
that includes his teenaged niece, a barrio street dude, a Peruvian
shepherd, a group of mojados, and others. This skillfully and imaginatively
told novel, which was nominated for the National Book Award, has
been masterfully translated by Ricardo Aguilar and Beth
Pollack of New Mexico State University. The author, Ron Arias,
a prolific writer of both journalism and creative literature, is
currently a senior writer for People magazine. His next work, Moving
Target: A Memoir of Pursuit, is forthcoming from Bilingual
Press.
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