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Chicana & Chicano Visions of the Americas Series
University of Oklahoma Press
June 2011
On Sale: June 10, 2011
Featuring: Randy Lopez; Sofia
168 pages
ISBN: 0806141891
EAN: 9780806141893
Hardcover
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A new novel by the master storyteller that explores what it
means to go home When he was a young man, Randy Lopez left his village in
northern New Mexico to seek his fortune. Since then, he has
learned some of the secrets of success in the Anglo world
and even written a book called Life Among the Gringos. But
something has been missing. Now he returns to Agua Bendita
to reconnect with his past and to find the wisdom the Anglo
world has not provided. In this allegorical account of Randy
s final journey, master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya tackles
life s big questions with a light touch. Randy s entry into the haunted canyon that leads to his
ancestral home begins on the Day of the Dead. Reuniting with
his padrinos his godparents and hoping to meet up with his
lost love, Sofia, Randy encounters a series of spirits:
coyotes, cowboys, Death, and the devil. Each one engages him
in a conversation about life. It is Randy s old teacher Miss
Libriana who suggests his new purpose. She gives him a book,
How to Build a Bridge. Only the bridge which is both literal
and figurative, like everything else in this story can
enable Randy to complete his journey. Readers acquainted with Anaya s fiction will find themselves
in familiar territory here. Randy Lopez, like all Anaya s
protagonists, is on a spiritual quest. But both those new to
and familiar with Anaya will recognize this philosophical
meditation as part of a long literary tradition going back
to Homer, Dante, and the Bible. Richly allusive and uniquely
witty, Randy Lopez Goes Home presents man s quest for
meaning in a touching, thought-provoking narrative that will
resound with young adults and mature readers alike.
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