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Reyes Cordova is a young boy tired of being poor and feeling
hopeless. He is a descendant of religious and starry-eyed settlers
from Spain that came to Cibola seeking a fortune but found nothing
but an inhospitable climate and an unstable relationship with
Pueblo Indians. A stubborn lot, the settlers worked hard to make a
living out of farming and ranching in a Rio del Norte valley in
what is now Northern New Mexico. Now three hundred and fifty years
later, and nearly a century after becoming part of the United
States, Reyes' Spanish-speaking, impoverished culture has made
little inroads to assimilating into America. Reyes learns from
teachers that mastering English can help him become more American
and that will give him an opportunity for a good job. He becomes
obsessed with learning the language, a task made difficult by his
handicaps-illegitimate, a mother who speaks only Spanish,
subsisting on public welfare-in addition to being part of a culture
that promotes conformity, immediate gratification, close family
relationships and xenophobic rejection of Anglophone society.
Reyes' story is told in a poignant and picaresque series of
journal-like portraits that trace his emergence from the mystical
realm of Cibola that is a blend of an ancient Pueblo culture, an
archaic Spanish heritage, and an encroaching American dominion in
the age of Eisenhower and its cataclysmic events-the hydrogen bomb,
the Communist Menace, Sputnik, accelerated farm-to-urban migration,
and momentous protests for minority and women's rights. "Release
from Cibola" is the first novel in a trilogy on the life of Reyes
Cordova. ANDRES C. SALAZAR is author of numerous journal articles
and an editor of a trade press book. He is a bilingual native of
Northern New Mexico who received a doctorate at Michigan State
University and then spent decades on the east coast working in
industry. He returned to New Mexico as chaired professor at the
University of New Mexico (UNM) and went on to teach at two other
universities in the state over a ten year period while remaining a
UNM research professor. He is also the author of "Seasons, Some
Amorous Observations," a book of poetry. Dr. Salazar resides in
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Imprint: |
Sunstone Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2013 |
First published: |
May 2013 |
Authors: |
Andres C. Salazar
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
250 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86534-951-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-86534-951-7 |
Barcode: |
9780865349513 |
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