Victor Villasenor, Author . HarperCollins/Rayo $26 (528p) ISBN 978-0-06-621077-3
Fans of Villaseñor's admirable family epic, Rain of Gold
(Arte Publico, 1991) will be hard-pressed to wade through this massive, workmanlike sequel. The book's humorous opening—at the 50th-anniversary renewal of Villaseñ
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Victor Villasenor, Author . Rayo $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-052612-2
Growing up in the 1940s on his family's gracious Southern California ranch, young Villaseñor envisions a cowboy's life, just like he's seen in western movies and learned from his loving but occasionally abrasive Mexican-born pap&aa
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Victor Villasenor, Author Arte Publico Press $23.95 (552p) ISBN 978-1-55885-030-9
Novelist ( Macho ) and screenwriter Villasenor recounts the adventures and struggles of three generations of his family in this earthy Mexican American saga. His father, Juan Salvador, who fled a Mexico torn by revolution, was imprisoned at the...
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Victor Villasenor, Author Delta $20 (608p) ISBN 978-0-385-31516-6
This Spanish-language edition of Villasenor's account of his Mexican-American family saga was originally published in English as Rain of Gold. (Mar.)
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Victor Villasenor, Author Laurel Press $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-50512-9
Villasenor recounts the story of three generations of his family in this earthy Mexican American saga, gripping and inspirational despite occasional sentimentality.and cliches. Author tour. (Oct.)
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Victor Villasenor, Author Arte Publico Press $16.95 (202p) ISBN 978-1-55885-118-4
Legend and fact coexist happily in this spiritually rich collection of stories, which pungently combines elements from Native American folktales, Bible stories, Mexican political history and the experiences of the author and his Mexican family. On...
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Victor Villasenor, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-31566-1
In this second volume of Villasenor's (Rain of Gold) Mexican trilogy, he relates the history of his father's family in the highlands of the western Mexican state of Jalisco in the early 20th century. His father was descended from a noble-blooded...
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Victor Villase%C3%B1or. Atria /Beyond Words, $15 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-58270-273-5
Villaseñor's (Lion Eyes) sharp storytelling skills are on display in this reissue of his first novel, originally published in 1973. Roberto Garcia lives in the rural Michoacán mountains of Mexico. A nearby factory has polluted the air and destroyed...
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