BOOK: Spirits of the High Mesa by Martinez

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Martinez, Floyd._Spirits of the High Mesa._Arte Publico, 1997
[1-55885-198-4]
Flavio is growing up in a rural town in New Mexico in the early
1950s.  His grandfather, El Grande, is the wise man in the town
who everyone turns to for advice.  Electricity comes to town, the
new lumber plant moves in and things begin to change in this
peaceful community. Then the Gringos move in.  Flavio is tossed
between the new exciting things happening to this town and old
wisdom of his grandfather.  This 192 page book is just full of
Spanish expressions which are not translated or is any glossary
provided and I found myself wondering what was being said at
times.  But that aside, it is a touching story of the clash between
the old ways and modern changes.

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