Sapogonia: An Anti-Romance in 3/8 Meter - Hardcover

Ana Castillo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916950956 ISBN 13: 9780916950958

Publisher: Bilingual Pr (Bilrp), 1990

Synopsis

A powerful, complex novel from the author of So Far From God. In the mythological land of Sapogonia--a metaphorical country where all mestizos (those of mixed European/Native Central or South American blood) come from--Maximo Madrigal becomes obsessed with a woman he can never control.

About this title

From the Publisher:

In her second novel, Castillo (the author of The Mixquiahuala Letters ) examines the obsessive struggle between a man and a woman, two natives of the metaphorical country of Sapogonia. In their battle for control over each other, the author subtly defines the struggle of all mestizos--the conflict of a mixed heritage of Conquistador and Conquered--which can never be resolved.

From the Inside Flap:

ogonia, edited and revised for its Anchor publication, Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Máximo Madrigal, an expatriate of Sapogonia, the metaphorical homeleand of all mestizos. Subtly political, it demonstrates how warring blood within a single body resists any peaceful resolution.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bilingual Pr (Bilrp)
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0916950956
• ISBN 13: 9780916950958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132