by Victor Villaseñor
Violent. If I had to describe this book in one word, that is what I would choose. The book brims with raw emotion, detailed descriptions of corporal functions, sex and defecation, rape and sexual ecstasy/exaltation too, aspects of earthiness and heavenly beliefs. The author clearly wants to tie th...
A very simply told fictionalized account of the author's father's family in Northern Mexico around the time of the Mexican Revolution. You can always tell when an author comes from a rich oral tradition, because their writing comes across similar to what an oral telling would sound like. I especia...