The Devil in Texas/El Diablo En Texas (Chicano Classics 5) (English and Spanish Edition)

By Aristeo Brito

Book Overview

fiction, US, tr David William Foster, bilingual This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0927534061
• ISBN13: 9780927534062
• Release Date: June 1990
• Publisher: Bilingual Review Pr
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

THE DEVIL IN TEXAS

From the Cover: "Skillfully combining mysticism and history, [this book] brings to life the plight of the residents of Presidio, a village on the border between Texas and Mexico that neither side truly wants to claim as its own. Beginning in 1883 and continuing through 1970, the lost souls of Presidio - both living and dead - tell their own stories, revealing the history of their town to be one of desolation and poverty, where the Devil is the only visitor, and the original occupants and their ancestors have lost their land and consequently the right to rule their own lives. narrated by the villagers' voices - including a lawyer, a renegade, and even an unborn child - the residents of the town strongly evoke through their own words the troubled life of the displaced Mexican. Brito's powerful imagery and passionate writing bring us to a clearer undersanding of these people and their lives than is likely to be found anywehre else."

PRAISE FOR EL DIABLO IN TEXAS

ARISTEO BRITO'S NOVEL IS AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY. HIS SINCERITY IS OBVIOUS AND HIS IMAGES ARE TRUE PRINTS OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.I HAVE NOT BEEN SO MOVED BY THE INTENSITY OF A NOVEL IN A LONG TIME. THE PLIGHT AND HEROISISM OF A PEOPLE SO OPPRESSED COULD ONLY BE DESCRIBED SO ELOQUENTLY BY ARISTEO BRITO. I AM ONLY SADDENED THAT I COULD NOT READ IT IN IT'S FIRST EDITION OF SPANISH, BECAUSE I IMAGINE HIS WORDS WERE EVEN MORE COMPELLING AND BEAUTIFUL.