Village: a novel
Autor Stanley Crawforden Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 apr 2017
Set in the early 1990s, Village explores a day in the life of the fictional Northern New Mexico village of San Marcos, through the points of view of a dozen characters: an aging mayordomo, the owners of the village store, the postmaster and his Spanish teacher wife, a teenager, two Anglo couples, a state water office attorney, a spinster weaver, a junkyard owner, a village tough, and the son of a funeral home owner. Besides the Hispanics and Anglos, the village itself, with its long history, is also a character, along with the timeless features, the fauna and flora, of the the narrow mountain valley on the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Range.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781945652950
ISBN-10: 1945652950
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 143 x 219 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Leaf Storm Press
Colecția Leaf Storm Press
ISBN-10: 1945652950
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 143 x 219 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: Leaf Storm Press
Colecția Leaf Storm Press
Notă biografică
Stanley G. Crawford is a writer and a farmer. He was born in 1937 and was educated at the University of Chicago and at the Sorbonne. He is the author of seven novels, including Log of the S.S. The Mrs. Unguentine, Travel Notes, Gascoyne, and Some Instructions, a classic satire on all the sanctimonious marriage manuals ever produced.
He is also the author of two memoirs: A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small Farm in New Mexico and Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico. He has written numerous articles in various publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Double Take and Country Living.
Stanley Crawford is co-owner with his wife, Rose Mary Crawford, of El Bosque Farm in Dixon, New Mexico, where they have lived since 1969.
He is also the author of two memoirs: A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small Farm in New Mexico and Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico. He has written numerous articles in various publications such as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Double Take and Country Living.
Stanley Crawford is co-owner with his wife, Rose Mary Crawford, of El Bosque Farm in Dixon, New Mexico, where they have lived since 1969.