Nambé Year One - Softcover

Romero, Orlando

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826346324 ISBN 13: 9780826346322

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2009

Synopsis

Long out of print, Nambé Year One is a novel of Gypsies and Payasos who reportedly wandered through the mountains of northern New Mexico many years ago. The story portrays local folklore themes from the old days--and of old ways--of the people in this rugged region.

"Romero's book is a novel, but not just a novel. It is philosophy, a metaphysical self-exploration into faith, heritage, and humanity. . . . As I read the book for the second time I began to comprehend that the message of this book is not for the self-centered and self-fooled, those people with pretensions of superiority. This is a book for the weak and lost who are really neither, for they are determined and strong enough to want to know the 'why' and 'what' of their very being. . . .

"This work is a contribution that stands among the stars, for, truly, it is as valuable."--Thomas E. Chávez, from the Foreword

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This gem of a story portrays the folkways of the Gypsies and Payasos, the wanderers of early northern New Mexico.

About the Author:

Orlando Romero, novelist, sculptor, and santero, is the retired library director of the Palace of the Governors Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. He resides in Nambé, New Mexico. Romero is the coauthor of Adobe: Building and Living With Earth.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826346324
• ISBN 13: 9780826346322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164