Ana Castillo, Author . Curbstone $15 (269p) ISBN 978-1-931896-20-7
An epic in verse, the story of Castillo's chicana Everywoman—referred to alternately as "She" and "Ella"—begins life in the rough-and-tumble world of California's migrant farm community. Ella's childhood is...
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Ana Castillo, Author . Random $24.95 (211p) ISBN 978-1-4000-6500-4
T
he acclaimed author of Peel My Love Like an Onion
tracks the perilous lives of Mexicans who illegally cross to the U.S. for work. Fifty-something Regina, a poorly paid aide in a public school on the U.S. side, is raising Gabo, the son of her...
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Ana Castillo, Author Anchor Books $14 (144p) ISBN 978-0-385-72073-1
The prolific novelist, poet, essayist and xicanista Castillo checked in most recently with My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove: An Aztec Chant, an inspirational gift book, and Peel My Love Like an Onion, a first-person tale of immigration and...
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Ana Castillo, Author W. W. Norton & Company $21 (0p) ISBN 978-0-393-03959-7
The vitality of Castillo's voice, and the fully engaged lives of her hot-blooded characters, endow her first collection of short stories with earthy eroticism and zesty humor. These 22 tales of love, lust, and Latina tradition showcase bold...
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Ana Castillo, Author Plume Books $11.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-452-27773-1
PW gave a starred review to these ""23 tales of love, lust and the Latina tradition."" (Aug.)
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Ana Castillo, Author Doubleday Books $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-385-49676-6
Confirming her reputation as a talented writer, Castillo's (So Far from God) sardonic and seductive novel flowers at the exotic intersection of Chicago's flamenco, Gypsy and Chicano communities, where Carmen Santos, a defiant ex-flamenco dancer,...
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Ana Castillo, Author W. W. Norton & Company $19.95 (251p) ISBN 978-0-393-03490-5
Castillo's ( Sapogonia ) inventive but not entirely cohesive novel about the fortunes of a contemporary Chicana family in the village of Tome, N.M., reveals its main concerns at once. Sofi's three-year-old daughter dies in a horrifying epileptic fit
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Ana Castillo. Feminist, $24.95 (262p) ISBN 978-1-55861-863-3
Castillo (The Guardians) is highly acclaimed for an adventurous and exquisite use of language in her plays, poetry, essays, and novels, but this latest novel misses the mark. Palma Piedras, who is over 40 and recently divorced, allows her sexual...
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