The Captain of All These Men of Death - Softcover

Alejandro Morales

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931010366 ISBN 13: 9781931010368

Publisher: Bilingual Pr (Bilrp), 2008

Synopsis

When Roberto Contreras attempts to enlist to fight in World War II, his medical examination reveals he has tuberculosis, and he is committed to a frightful sanatorium. Amid his relapses and recoveries he meets a series of women who have a profound effect on his life: a mysterious French doctor, a captivating patient, and a sinister acquaintance from a Los Angeles barrio. Meanwhile, a hospital newsletter delivers articles describing the various ways in which tuberculosis patients have been treated throughout history—cared for humanely or ostracized, alienated, and administered shockingly barbaric medical treatments. The author equates these practices to heinous modern-day medical experimentation and the superstitious pagan practices of witchcraft and Satanism in California barrios.

About this title

About the Author:

lejandro Morales is one of the leading Chicano novelists. A professor at the University of California, Irvine, he grew up in Montebello, The Simons Barrio, and East Los Angeles and earned degrees at California State University at Los Angeles and Rutgers University. Other works include La verdad sin voz (1979), translated as Death of an Anglo (1988); Reto en el paraiso (1983); The Brick People (1988); The Rag Doll Plagues (1992); and Barrio on the Edge (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Bilingual Pr (Bilrp)
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1931010366
• ISBN 13: 9781931010368
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 279