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"C""omezon: " It's more than an itch. It's a long-standing desire
that will never be fulfilled. And, in this novel by award-winning
author Denise Chavez, it is also a border town in New Mexico whose
denizens' longings are as powerful as they are, all too often,
impossible.
But in the feverish dance of life that seizes Comezon during its
two annual fiestas, all things seem possible. As the townspeople
revel in the freedom of the fiestas, their stories unfold in all
manner of mystery, drama, and comic charm. In the middle of it all
is Arnulfo P. Olivarez, master of ceremonies and befuddled
patriarch of a less-than-tractable family. At the moment, he is
calculating his chances of becoming mayor, as well as pondering the
fate of his beautiful disabled daughter, Juliana.
Arnulfo's daughters ("the half and the whole," he deems them) are
the Fiesta Queen, Lucinda, a lovely, lost and wild girl, and
Juliana, her half sister, wheelchair-bound but with soaring dreams
of love for the local priest, El Padre Manolito. Their mother, the
saintly Dona Emilia, attends to all her children, including
Arnulfo, with grace. Lucinda's unsuitable suitor, Ruley Terrazas, a
tall, bumpy-skinned boy, is not to be trusted, nor is his father,
Cuco "Matamosca" Terrazas, the local chief of police. And Rey
Suarez, owner of the Mil Recuerdos Lounge, is haunted by his former
incarnation as an immigration officer, an expert in spotting fake
IDs.
Between New Mexico and Mexico, between Cinco de Mayo and the 16th
of September, between the dreams and the realities of Comezon's
characters, something has to give. Each character is attempting to
find love in this feverish fiesta called Life. And in the deft
hands of Denise Chavez this tragicomic novel gives unerringly:
pleasure, surprise, and the satisfaction of a tale well told.
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Borderless - The Art of Luis Tapia (Hardcover)
Dana Gioia; Introduction by Charlene Villaseñor Black; Contributions by Denise Chávez, Edward Hayes, Lucy R. Lippard, …
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