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Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation by John Phillip Santos

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

By John Phillip Santos

By John Phillip Santos

By John Phillip Santos

By John Phillip Santos

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    About Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

    Finalist for the National Book Award!In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the story of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people. The story unfolds through a pageant of unforgettable family figures: from Madrina–touched with epilepsy and prophecy ever since, as a girl, she saw a dying soul leave its body–to Teofilo, who was kidnapped as an infant and raised by the Kikapu Indians of Northern Mexico. At the heart of the book is Santos’ search for the meaning of his grandfather’s suicide in San Antonio, Texas, in 1939. Part treasury of the elders, part elegy, part personal odyssey, this is an immigration tale and a haunting family story that offers a rich, magical view of Mexican-American culture.

    About Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation

    Finalist for the National Book Award!In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reaching back into time and place to blend the story of one Mexican family with the soul of an entire people. The story unfolds through a pageant of unforgettable family figures: from Madrina–touched with epilepsy and prophecy ever since, as a girl, she saw a dying soul leave its body–to Teofilo, who was kidnapped as an infant and raised by the Kikapu Indians of Northern Mexico. At the heart of the book is Santos’ search for the meaning of his grandfather’s suicide in San Antonio, Texas, in 1939. Part treasury of the elders, part elegy, part personal odyssey, this is an immigration tale and a haunting family story that offers a rich, magical view of Mexican-American culture.

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    About John Phillip Santos

    John Phillip Santos, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, is the first Mexican American Rhodes Scholar whose awards include the Academy of American Poets’ Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. His articles on Latino culture… More about John Phillip Santos

    About John Phillip Santos

    John Phillip Santos, born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, is the first Mexican American Rhodes Scholar whose awards include the Academy of American Poets’ Prize at Notre Dame and the Oxford Prize for fiction. His articles on Latino culture… More about John Phillip Santos

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 2000 | 320 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140292022

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs | Literary Figure Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Aug 01, 2000 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9781440679193

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    Table Of Contents

    Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation Family Trees
    Testimonio
    1. Tierra de Viejitas
    2. Códices de los Abuelos
    3. Valle de Silencio
    Mexico Viejo
    4. Cuento Mestizo
    5. The Flowered Path
    6. From Huisache to Cedar
    Peregrinaje
    7. Zona de Niebla
    8. Aztec Theater
    9. Rain of Stones
    Volador
    10. Exilio
    11. La Ruta
    12. Una Canción
    Epilogue
    Tent of Grief: An Afterword
    Acknowledgments

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