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| Randy Lopez Goes Home |
| A Novel |
| Series: Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas Series |
| Author(s): Anaya, Rudolfo |
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| List Price: $14.95 |
| Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press |
| Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press |
| ISBN: 080614457 or 978080614457 |
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Descriptions and Reviews
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| When he was a young man, Randy Lopez left his vill ... |
 | When he was a young man, Randy Lopez left his village in northern New Mexico to seek his fortune. Since then, he has learned some of the secrets of success in the Anglo world—and even written a book called Life Among the Gringos. But something has been missing. Now he returns to Agua Bendita to reconnect with his past and to find the wisdom the Anglo world has not provided. In this allegorical account of Randy's final journey, master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya tackles life's big questions with a light touch.
Randy's entry into the haunted canyon that leads to his ancestral home begins on the Day of the Dead. Reuniting with his padrinos—his godparents—and hoping to meet up with his lost love, Sofia, Randy encounters a series of spirits: coyotes, cowboys, Death, and the devil. Each one engages him in a conversation about life. It is Randy's old teacher Miss Libriana who suggests his new purpose. She gives him a book, How to Build a Bridge. Only the bridge—which is both literal and figurative, like everything else in this story—can enable Randy to complete his journey.
Readers acquainted with Anaya's fiction will find themselves in familiar territory here. Randy Lopez, like all Anaya's protagonists, is on a spiritual quest. But both those new to and familiar with Anaya will recognize this philosophical meditation as part of a long literary tradition going back to Homer, Dante, and the Bible. Richly allusive and uniquely witty, Randy Lopez Goes Home presents man's quest for meaning in a touching, thought-provoking narrative that will resound with young adults and mature readers alike.>hr Life Among the Gringos. But something has been missing. Now he returns to Agua Bendita to reconnect with his past and to find the wisdom the Anglo world has not provided. In this allegorical account of Randy's final journey, master storyteller Rudolfo Anaya tackles life's big questions with a light touch.>hr<“Anaya’s characters’ longing shimmers off elegiac, deceptively simple prose, captivating in its aspiration and achievement.”—Publishers Weekly |
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Other Books by this Author
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| Alburquerque; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| An Elegy on the Death of César Chávez; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Cinco Puntos Press, Cinco Puntos Press |
| Bendíceme, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bendíceme, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Billy the Kid and Other Plays; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
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More Books by this Author...
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| Billy the Kid and Other Plays; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Grand Central Publishing, Grand Central Publishing |
| Bless Me, Ultima; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Penguin Publishing Group, Penguin Classics |
| Bless Me Ultima (SparkNotes Literature Guide); by Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Spark, SparkNotes |
| ChupaCabra and the Roswell UFO; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| ChupaCabra Meets Billy the Kid; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Cuentos: Tales from the Hispanic Southwest; by Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| Curse of the ChupaCabra; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Curse of the ChupaCabra; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Elegy on the Death of César Chávez; by Anaya, Rudolfo A.; Cinco Puntos Press, Cinco Puntos Press |
| The Essays; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| The Essays; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Farolitos for Abuelo; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Hyperion |
| Farolitos for Abuelo; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Hyperion |
| The Farolitos of Christmas; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Hyperion |
| The Farolitos of Christmas; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Disney-Hyperion, Disney-Hyperion |
| Farolitos of Christmas, The - Limited Signed Edition; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Hyperion Books for Children, Hyperion Books for Children |
| Farolitos of Christmas, The - Limited Signed Edition; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Hyperion Books for Children, Hyperion Books for Children |
| The First Tortilla; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| The First Tortilla; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Heart of Aztlan; by Anaya, Rudolfo A.; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Jemez Spring; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Jemez Spring; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Juan and the Jackalope; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| La Llorona; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Lord of the Dawn; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| My Land Sings; by Anaya, Rudolfo; HarperCollins, Rayo |
| New Mexico Christmas Story; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| No More Bullies!/¡No Más Bullies; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| No More Bullies!/¡No Más Bullies: Owl in a Straw Hat 2; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| The Old Man's Love Story; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| The Old Man's Love Story; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Owl in a Straw Hat; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| Poems from the Río Grande; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Rio Grande Fall; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Rudolfo Anaya: Bless Me, Ultima, Tortuga, Alburquerque (LOA #361); by Anaya, Rudolfo; Library of America, Library of America |
| Rudolfo Anaya's The Farolitos of Christmas; by Anaya, Rudolfo; Museum of New Mexico Press, Museum of New Mexico Press |
| The Santero's Miracle; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Serafina's Stories; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Serafina's Stories; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Shaman Winter; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| The Sorrows of Young Alfonso; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| The Sorrows of Young Alfonso; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of Oklahoma Press, University of Oklahoma Press |
| Tortuga; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
| Zia Summer; by Anaya, Rudolfo; University of New Mexico Press, University of New Mexico Press |
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