Title:
Retablos : stories from a life lived along the border / Octavio Solis.
ISBN:
9780872867864
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Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : City Lights Books, [2018]
©2018
Physical Description:
168 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:
On my "Retablos" -- Retablos -- Way over -- In the shimmer -- Red -- Blood and Coke -- Consuelo -- Keening -- My friend Memín -- El Judío -- El Mar -- Thieves like us -- My monsters -- Ben -- Our other house -- Saturday -- Mexican I needed -- La Migra -- Little woods -- Cotton -- La Llorona -- Wild kingdom -- Our Blackie -- El Mero Mero -- Nothing happens -- El Kitty -- Locura -- Jeep in the water -- Skinny brown kid doesn't know shit -- Siren songs -- First day -- World goes away -- Bad blood -- Penitente -- Quince -- Sister -- Fred's herb -- Jesus in our mouths -- Cisco -- Demon -- Mexican apology -- Runner -- La Mariscal -- Tumble-down -- A wall between -- El Segundo -- Want -- Runner II -- Neto -- My right foot -- Runner III.
Summary:
Solis's memoir about growing up brown at the U.S./Mexico border. As he examines seminal moments and rites of passage, Solis looks at them as a series of paintings, capturing events survived thanks to the intercession of the Divine. The result is a kind of flash-fiction account of his life: not so much autobiography as an "poetic voice to convey the authentic."--Adapted from introduction
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OCLC Number:
on1042076993
Availability:
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