Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived Along the Border by Octavio Solis

Retablos: Stories from a Life Lived Along the Border

Octavio Solis

168 pages first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir short stories emotional reflective slow-paced

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Seminal moments, rites of passage, crystalline vignettes--a memoir about growing up brown at the U.S./Mexico border.The tradition of retablo painting dates back to the Spanish Conquest in both Mexico and the U.S. Southwest. Humble ex-votos, retabl...

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