LA Promesa and Other Stories (Chicana & Chicano Visions of the Americas, V. 1)

A collection of short fiction by the author of The Great Whirl of Exile journeys to small-town San Miguel, New Mexico, following World War II veteran Mosco Zamora and Vietnam veteran Johnny Barros through a series of encounters with the colorful characters of the town's inhabitants. A first collection. (Story Collections) Welcome To The Other San Miguel, A Fictional Town In New Mexico. It's The Sort Of Town That Has Survived A Burning Rosary, The Face Of Jesus Appearing On A Wall, A Sixteen-foot Rattler, Mosco Zamora's Repeated Promises To Stop Drinking (no Drinking, Absolutamente), A New Doctor Who Brings A Woman Back From The Dead, A Tow-truck Driver Who Wins The Demolition Derby Every Saturday Night, Maria Martinez's World-famous Macaroons, The Worst Roads In The State, And The Fractured Dreams Of A Boy Who Was Sent To Vietnam. This Collection Of Short Stories By Leroy V. Quintana Follows Mosco Zamora, A World War Ii Veteran, And Johnny Barros, A Vietnam Veteran, Through Haphazard Collisions Of Fantasy And Reality In Small-town New Mexico And Beyond. Quintana's Eloquence As A Poet Infuses His Narration Of Stories Drawn From Both His Own Life And The Tales Spun By His Father-in-law, A Native Of Silver City, New Mexico.--jacket. Mosco: The Rosary -- Cuáles Burros? -- Mosco Zamora And The Sixteen-foot Rattler -- La Promesa -- La Tortilla Chamuscada De La La La Chevalier -- The Election -- El Doctor De La Mente, A Drop Of Etoh, And Etc., Etc. -- Tia Adelaida Goes To San Antone; Johnny: Tacks -- Freedom Of Speech And The Halloween Party -- (fig) Newton, Bernoulli, And The Pink (and Green And Yellow And Even Blue) Elephants -- La Matanza -- And On All Your Children -- The Man On Jesus Street-dreaming -- Breathing Them. Leroy V. Quintana. "Welcome to the other San Miguel, a fictional town in New Mexico. It's the sort of town that has survived a burning rosary, the face of Jesus appearing on a wall, a sixteen-foot rattler, Mosco Zamora's repeated promises to stop drinking ("No drinking, Absolutamente"), a new doctor who brings a woman back from the dead, a tow-truck driver who wins the demolition derby every Saturday night, Maria Martinez's world-famous macaroons, the worst roads in the state, and the fractured dreams of a boy who was sent to Vietnam.". "This collection of short stories by Leroy V. Quintana follows Mosco Zamora, a World War II veteran, and Johnny Barros, a Vietnam veteran, through haphazard collisions of fantasy and reality in small-town New Mexico and beyond. Quintana's eloquence as a poet infuses his narration of stories drawn from both his own life and the tales spun by his father-in-law, a native of Silver City, New Mexico."--BOOK JACKET.