The Sorrows of Young Alfonso, 15

by Rudolfo Anaya

Book Overview

"The world is full of sorrow," Agapita whispered to Alfonso.

Did she stamp those words into his destiny?

The story of Alfonso, a Nuevo Mexicano, begins with his birth, when the curandera Agapita delivers these haunting words into his infant ear. What then unfolds is an elegiac song to the llanos of New Mexico where Alfonso comes of age. As this exquisite novel charts Alfonso's life journey from childhood through his education...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806152265
• ISBN13: 9780806152264
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"