Trece Sentidos (Spanish Edition)
This is a fascinating, if problematic, account of the early  married life of the author's parents, a young Mexican American  couple living in California and coping with the economic and  social effects of the Great Depression. Continuing the family  saga he began in Rain of Gold, Villase?or tells of his father,  Salvador, an extremely moral man who, paradoxically, bootlegs  liquor to earn a living. His young bride, Lupe, who is beautiful  and intelligent but also conventional and na?ve, is kept  ignorant of Salvador's livelihood until she is pregnant with  their first child a dilemma the reader will be anxious to see  resolved. However, the book delves too much and too often into  private prayers and their alleged responses from God, the Virgin  Mary, and a host of intervening angels. The theory of 13 senses  is intriguing, but one grandmother's know-it-all spirituality  becomes tiresome after its fifth or sixth intrusion into the  narrative. Villase?or is at his best when portraying the realm  of social reality, including the effects of the Mexican  Revolution. While libraries will not need yet another spiritual  instruction manual, this book merits space on the shelves of  most public libraries for the author's skill in depicting his  parents' circumstances and social evolution. [Rayo is  simultaneously publishing Los Trece Sentidos, the  Spanish-language edition of this book, ISBN 0-06-621297-9,  $26. Ed.] Nedra C. Evers. Sacramento P.L., C.- Nedra C. Evers. Sacramento P.L., CACopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.