The Road to Tamazunchale
The Road to Tamazunchale, nominated for the National Book Award, tells the story of Don Fausto, a very old man on the verge of death who lives in the barrio of Los Angeles. Rather than resigning himself, he embarks on a glorious journey in and out of time, space, and consciousness with a cast of companions that includes his teenaged niece, a barrio street dude, a Peruvian shepherd, a group of mojados, and others. This Chicano Classics edition includes an introduction by Eliud Martínez and a bibliography of works by and about the author by Ernestina Eger.
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A small, unpretentious jewel.
José Antonio Villarreal, author of Pocho
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It may be that future historians of American literature will look back on THE ROAD TO TAMAZUNCHALE as critics now look at Joyce's PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN: as the foundation piece by which Joyce emerges from the matrix of his marginal, minority culture to transform its localism into enduring and lucid literary symbols relevant to the universal human experience.
Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide
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THE ROAD TO TAMAZUNCHALE is one of the first achieved works of Chicano consciousness and spirit.
Library Journal
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A truly beautiful novel of magical realism—a Chicano classic—American, but influenced by the great tradition of Latin American magical realism.
Bruce McAllister, author of Dream Baby
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...a Chicano masterpiece.
Judy Salinas, Latin American Literary Review