| Alburquerque Contributor(s): Anaya, Rudolfo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826340598 ISBN-13: 9780826340597 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2006 Annotation: ""Alburquerque" is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family. . . . There is a marvelous tapestry of interwoven myth and magic that guides Anaya's characters' sensibilities, and is equally important in defining their feel of place. Above all, in this novel is a deep caring for land and culture and for the spiritual well-being of people, environment, landscape."--John Nichols, author of "The Milagro Beanfield War: A Novel" ." . . "Alburquerque" portrays a quest for knowledge. . . . ŬIt¨ is a novel about many cultures intersecting at an urban, power-, and politics-filled crossroads, represented by a powerful white businessman, whose mother just happens to be a Jew who has hidden her Jewishness, . . . and a boy from the barrio who fathers a child raised in the barrio but who eventually goes on to a triumphant assertion of his cross-cultural self."--"World Literature Today" ""Alburquerque" fulfills two important functions: it restores the missing R to the name of the city, and it shows off Anayas powers as a novelist."--Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006278957 |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.32" W x 9.08" L (0.94 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano |
| Review Citations: Multicultural Review 10/01/2006 pg. 14 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 66558 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Alburquerque is a rich and tempestuous book, full of love and compassion, the complex and exciting skullduggery of politics, and the age-old quest for roots, identity, family. . . . There is a marvelous tapestry of interwoven myth and magic that guides Anaya's characters' sensibilities, and is equally important in defining their feel of place. Above all, in this novel is a deep caring for land and culture and for the spiritual well-being of people, environment, landscape.--John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War: A Novel . . . Alburquerque portrays a quest for knowledge. . . . It] is a novel about many cultures intersecting at an urban, power-, and politics-filled crossroads, represented by a powerful white businessman, whose mother just happens to be a Jew who has hidden her Jewishness, . . . and a boy from the barrio who fathers a child raised in the barrio but who eventually goes on to a triumphant assertion of his cross-cultural self.--World Literature Today Alburquerque fulfills two important functions: it restores the missing R to the name of the city, and it shows off Anaya's powers as a novelist.--Alan Cheuse, National Public Radio |
Contributor Bio(s): Anaya, Rudolfo: - Rudolfo Anaya, widely acclaimed as one of the founders of modern Chicano literature, is professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. Anaya was presented with the National Medal of Arts for literature in 2001 and his novel Alburquerque (the city's original Spanish spelling) won the PEN Center West Award for Fiction. He has also received the Premio Quinto Sol, the national Chicano literary award, the American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation, the Mexican Medal of Friendship from the Mexican Consulate, and the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award. He is best known for the classic Bless Me Ultima. |
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