Summary
A New York Times Notable Book.
“A complex, engaging novel…Sapogonia will establish Castillo as one of our finest Chicana novelists.” –Rudolfo Anaya
The author of So Far From God, Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Maximo Madrigal, an expatriate of Sapogonia, the metaphorical homeland of all mestizos. Subtly political, it demonstrates how warring blood within a single body resists any p…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385470803 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385470800 |
| Author: | Ana Castillo |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Anchor Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1994 |
| Weight: | 301g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 131mm x 203mm |
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Critics Review
“A complex, engaging novel…Sapogonia will establish Castillo as one of our finest Chicana novelists.” –Rudolfo Anaya
“A writer with enormous integrity, [Castillo is blessed with common sense and lyric sense, the very rarest of gifts.” –Clarissa Pinkola Est
Ana Castillo
Ana Castillo is also the author of So Far from God, which received a 1993 Carl Sandburg Award and the Southwestern Booksellers Award, numerous poetry collections, including My Father Was a Toltec, and a critical work on Latina writing, Massacre of the Dreamers. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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