Butterfly Warrior - Softcover
Four friends who grew up together in Los Arbolitos Barrio of Santa Fe, New Mexico are bonded by a belief in the Aztec legend of the Butterfly Warrior. This Aztec god grants the dead the privilege of returning to Earth to collect the eternal reward of sucking on sacred nectar. In adulthood, one of the four, Manny, commits suicide. Now, the remaining three must resolve their differences in order to discover the strange truth surrounding Manny’s demise. Cuate is the loosetongued joker. Anna, Cuate's twin sister, is a voice of reason; Whitey is the outsider craving acceptance, and Manny was the Prometheus whose fire was music. Though the conflict between language and customs is at the heart of all Latino fiction, Butterfly Warrior adds to the mix new technology and the power of music to heal.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Juan Blea, MA, Ed, was born in 1971 in Santa Fe, NM. He is currently a team leader at Envision Utility Software. He is also a bilingual poet and author with several published stories, most recently, From Tug of War to Dance in Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
I threw a couple of the peas in my mouth like they were a couple of magic pills, expecting them to make me as strong as ten men and give me Xray vision. But they tasted like ordinary raw peas. And nothing happened. What’s up, Cuate, I said. These ain’t magic. Cuate just laughed and raced around the garden in a hyperactive trance. Before I could even blink, he collected every single peapod in the garden. To me, they were just peas. They weren’t worth any of the effort Cuate was giving. What are you doing? I said, afraid that the old man would kick our butts if he saw his peas missing. Do you like peas or what?
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherSherman Asher Publishing
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1890932310
- ISBN 13 9781890932312
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages135
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Butterfly Warrior
Published by
Sherman Asher Publishing
(2006)
ISBN 10: 1890932310
ISBN 13: 9781890932312
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.43. Seller Inventory # G1890932310I2N00
Buy Used
US$ 7.49
Convert currency
Stock Image
Butterfly Warrior
Published by
Sherman Asher Publishing
(2006)
ISBN 10: 1890932310
ISBN 13: 9781890932312
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.43. Seller Inventory # G1890932310I4N00
Buy Used
US$ 7.49
Convert currency
Stock Image
Butterfly Warrior
Published by
Sherman Asher Publishing
(2006)
ISBN 10: 1890932310
ISBN 13: 9781890932312
Used
paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003387094
Buy Used
US$ 3.51
Convert currency
Stock Image
Butterfly Warrior
Published by
Sherman Asher Pub
(2006)
ISBN 10: 1890932310
ISBN 13: 9781890932312
Used
Paperback
Signed
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author on half title page. Glossy covers, solid binding. Minimal wear. Clean unmarked pages. ; 8.40 X 5.50 X 0.50 inches; 135 pages; Signed by author. Seller Inventory # 6356
Buy Used
US$ 7.00
Convert currency