La Trilogia del New Mexico Serie
Questa trilogia si addentra nel cuore del New Mexico, esplorando le vite di persone comuni che affrontano sfide immense. Segui la loro lotta per preservare terra, acqua e diritti contro interessi potenti. Pieni di umorismo e cuore, questi racconti celebrano la resilienza della comunità e la lotta per la giustizia.
Ordine di lettura consigliato
Boom times came to the forgotten little southwestern town of Chamisaville just as the rest of America was in the Great Depression. They came when a rattletrap bus loaded with stolen dynamite blew sky-high, leaving behind a giant gushing hot spring. Within minutes, the town's wheeler-dealers had organized, and within a year, Chamisaville was flooded with tourists and pilgrims, and the wheeler-dealers were rich.Spanning forty years, The Magic Journey tells the tale of how progress transformed a rural backwater into a boomtown. At first, it was a magic time for Chamisaville—almost as if every day were a holiday. But the euphoria gradually dissipated, and the land-hungry developers, speculators, and interlopers moved in. Finally, the day came when Chamisaville's people found themselves all but displaced, their children no longer heirs to their land or their tradition. With mounting intensity, The Magic Journey reaches a climax that is tragically foreordained. A sensitive, vital, and honest chronicle of life in America's Southwest, it is also an incisive commentary on what America has become on its road to progress.The Magic Journey is part of the New Mexico Trilogy, which includes The Milagro Beanfield War and The Nirvana Blues.
New Mexico Trilogy - 3: The Nirvana Blues
- 596pagine
- 21 ore di lettura
The seventies are over. All across America, the overgrown kids of the middle class are getting their acts together -- and getting older. The once-tight Chicano community of Chamisaville is long gone, and the Anglo power-brokers control almost everything. Joe Miniver - faithful husband, loving father, and all-around good guy - is about to sink roots. To buy the land he wants, he embarks on a coke scam and ends up in erotic adventures with three headstrong women . . . "A work of genius... hilarious... it will be a .scandal if this book is not declared the year's best novel. In any event, you won't find one that's more fun" --Newsday "Transcendentally profound, also achingly funny... like a wonderful poem, or a great restaurant." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "John Nichols has all of Steinbeck's gifts, the same overwhelming compassion for people, plus an even finer sense of humor, and the need to celebrate the cause and dignity of man... he has left us with a classic American trilogy for our time." --Chicago Tribune