Publication

1995 - Academia/El Norte Publications

Language

English

Word Count

45,000 words, Guess

Page Count

180 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100929820061
  • ISBN-139780929820064
  • Goodreads625017
  • Open LibraryOL11472860M

Description

With prose by Rudolfo Anaya, poetry by Denise Chavez, and photography by Juan Estevan Arellano, this volume reflects on the New Mexican tradition of erecting white cross altars on sideroads to comemorate loved ones who were killed in car accidents.

Description

Descanso, a Spanish word which means a resting place. In this book of descansos, illustrated with photographs by Estevan Arellano, you will be led visually into a world of images which are found by the highways of our state, stark, weathered crosses which stand like lonely sentries where a death occurred. You will experience emotionally a world that we seldom pause to observe or contemplate.

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