Alburquerque - Softcover

Anaya, Rudolfo A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826313590 ISBN 13: 9780826313591

Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr, 1992

Synopsis

Abran Gonzalez, an ex-Golden Glove champ from Barelas, searches for his father in the streets of Alburquerque

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"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."--John Nichols, author of The Milagro Beanfield War

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of New Mexico Pr
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0826313590
• ISBN 13: 9780826313591
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288