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Summary: Villasenor is Magnificent!
Review: I was truly excited to hear Villasenor had written a continuation to Rain of Gold! I could hardly wait to get my hands on a copy of Thirteen Senses, and I'm so happy I did. Rain of Gold did so much to change my perspective on the Mexican experience in this century, and I felt a longing to know what happened to Lupe and Salvadore after their marriage ceremony. This story really came through, showing their growth as a couple along with their individual spiritual growth. This story is about growing into real adulthood and loosing our childish self centeredness. It's about discovering how incredible a person can be, and how far limits can be pushed.
Rating:
Summary: Villasenor is Magnificent!
Review: I was truly excited to hear Villasenor had written a continuation to Rain of Gold! I could hardly wait to get my hands on a copy of Thirteen Senses, and I'm so happy I did. Rain of Gold did so much to change my perspective on the Mexican experience in this century, and I felt a longing to know what happened to Lupe and Salvadore after their marriage ceremony. This story really came through, showing their growth as a couple along with their individual spiritual growth. This story is about growing into real adulthood and loosing our childish self centeredness. It's about discovering how incredible a person can be, and how far limits can be pushed.
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Summary: A MEXICAN LIFE IN THE ROARING 20'S
Review: I would suggest reading "Rain of Gold" first as it lays the background for Thirteen Senses and I, personally, thought Rain of Gold was the better story which pointed out the meaning of LOVE in a myriad of ways that was better than most other descriptions I have ever read.The weakness of this story is the overuse of the Almighty's powers and Salvador's mother's retelling her philosophy of life page after page after page. If 50 to 75 pages of this type dissertation was edited out, it would be a much better story. The religious nature of both primary familys' is very important to the story, however, it is overdone. While reading I was comparing the American Indian's religious beliefs (which I love) along with the Mexican Indian's outlook. Quite the same in many ways, particularly when actually changing from human to animal form and then back to human. Fascinating. I read this book out loud to my wife and she also enjoyed it and would most certainly recommend this being a fine reading experience, however, she also agrees there is too much philosophy given by Dona Guadalupe, Salvador's mother. Her meanderings are important to the story, but you can pass by many paragraphs when she gets too wound up.
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Summary: possibly the best book I've ever read..
Review: It's wonderful to be able to count on an artist, whether a writer,
painter, musician, etc., to deliver every time. There are very few writers who deserve that blind faith, and El Maestro Villesenor has been exactly that so far. With this magical
installation (for, I, of course, don't want this familia to end!) which continues the saga we've come to feel is our own, with Macho, Rain of Gold..well, I've read a lot of books and
at this particular time in the history of our human race, I am grateful for the awesome ambition and scope of Mr. Villesenor's
efforts..quite successful. Here are doubt, love, sweat, love,
injustice, struggles, choices, family, God, earth, and nothing less than our potential as human beings. I am truly comforted and inspired by this work, and wish everyone could read it. Did I say history,
comparative religion and racism, given the Villesenor treatment,
become a 3 piece puzzle of primary colors easily fitted? And
thereby easily solved..with..oh, did I say Love? thanks, muchas gracias siempre, Maestro!! Mas, mas, mas!
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Summary: Beatiful Prose
Review: The words float from the pages of this marvelous continuation to the masterpiece, RAIN OF GOLD. Calling it a sequel minimizes the impact of the journey Villasenor leads us through. It is a priviledge to read the prose that this great author allows us to view and what a gift that Villasenor chooses to give us all in sharing such a magnificent story with us. The realization that there are many stories like his is present, yet Villasenor has allowed us to enter a world of adventure, love, passion, mysticism and reality. Though for conventional western thought his story borders on strands of credibility, the indigenous influence never dies within those who possess it. Mr. Villasenor, I Believe!
Rating:
Summary: Beatiful Prose
Review: The words float from the pages of this marvelous continuation to the masterpiece, RAIN OF GOLD. Calling it a sequel minimizes the impact of the journey Villasenor leads us through. It is a priviledge to read the prose that this great author allows us to view and what a gift that Villasenor chooses to give us all in sharing such a magnificent story with us. The realization that there are many stories like his is present, yet Villasenor has allowed us to enter a world of adventure, love, passion, mysticism and reality. Though for conventional western thought his story borders on strands of credibility, the indigenous influence never dies within those who possess it. Mr. Villasenor, I Believe!
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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!
Review: Victor Villasenor has done it again. He brings the gift of his family's continuing history once again. We meet up again with Lupe and Salvador on their journey through life together. I can say that this book along with Rain of Gold has touched me like no other. I have finished the book and already miss the characters. I applaude and thank the author for his wonderful gift...
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Summary: A good story can save your life
Review: Victor Villasenor writes like the very re-incarnation of the Muse itself. A classicist who knows his plot, knows his characters, knows the very stars from which we all come because he writes the truth that is stranger and more mysterious than fiction. His publisher says he writes about his own family. We know better. We know he writes about us, about us as family, about who we want to be and how we settle for who we are. And how, at the very moment of doom, we can and must demand justice from our God in order to get it. Lupe is the heroine of this fantastic saga of human adventure. You will love Lupe. You will learn what it really means to be a beautiful woman from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to love a man from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to love life from Lupe. You will learn what it means to wake up one morning, as a new bride, and realize you have just made the biggest mistake of your life from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to honor the major commitments of your life from Lupe. You will learn how to be practically and deliciously wicked from Lupe. But most of all you will love Lupe.
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