基本信息; 商家编号;1043 作者;John Phillip Santos (作者) 出版社: Viking Adult (2010年4月1日) 平装: 275页 语种: 英语 ISBN: 0670021563 条形码: 9780670021567 商品尺寸: 23.6 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm 商品重量: 513 g
内容简介; A family's epic origins in the hinterlands of Mexico that became Texas-and earlier, in Iberia
In his acclaimed 1999 memoir Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, John Phillip Santos told the story of one Mexican family- his father's-set within the larger story of Mexico itself. In this beautifully written new book, he tells of how another family-this time, his mother's-erased and forgot over time their ancient origins in Spain.
Every family has a forgotten tale of where it came from. Who is driven to tell it and why? Weaving together a highly original mix of autobiography, conquest history, elegy, travel, family remembrance, and time travelling narration, Santos offers an unforgettable testimony to this calling and describes a lifelong quest to find the missing chronicle of his mother's family, one that takes him to various locations in South Texas and Mexico, to New York City, to Spain, and ultimately to the Middle East. Blending genres brilliantly, Santos raises profound questions about whether we can ever find our true homeland and what we can learn from our treasured, shared cultural legacies.
From Booklist Santos—producer, poet, and author of an acclaimed memoir, Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation (1999), in which he related the story of his father’s Mexican family—here draws on autobiography and world history in an imaginative quest novel based on his decades-long attempt to unravel the thread of his mother’s ancestry. Encouraged by an uncle who traced family ancestors to the Texas-Mexico border country in the 1800s, the narrator makes his first trip to Spain in 1980, and returns in 1987 while making a documentary. During an intervening research trip to South Texas, he finds family names in a 1767 document; subsequently, on a 1992 trip to Seville, he discovers the village his ancestors left in the 1580s, the precious link to his family’s “Iberian past.” Santos’ novel is brimming with historical details, which he poetically enriches with myth, dream sequences, and conversations with helpful ghosts. While painstakingly pulling together the varied threads of his fictionalized family drama, Santos connects the story to the larger tale of global migration and racial intermingling. --Deborah Donovan
作者简介 John Phillip Santos is the author of Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, a finalist for the National Book Award. His articles on Latino art, culture, and politics have appeared in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. A former writer and produced of television documentaries for CBS and PBS, he is also a poet and the recipient of numerous literary awards.
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