Publication

1995 - Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso, Tex, Texas

Language

English

Word Count

33,250 words, Guess

Page Count

133 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL818103M
  • ISBN-100938317237
  • OCLC Control Number33112311
  • Library of Congress Control Number95067867
  • Goodreads1339015
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  • LibraryThing1726880

Classifications

  • DDC811/.54
  • LCCPS3569.A27 D37 1995

Description

Saenz' poetry has always been centered in the geography and cultures of the desert Southwest. Dark and Perfect Angels moves deeper into that territory, exploring the difficult braiding of Mexican, Indian and European traditions of his heritage, the struggles and complications of family life, the visceral nature of religious faith in Mexico "where any saint worth praying to must be adorned with blood as well as gold," a priest's anointing of a young man dying from gunshot, the shedding of the priest's robes and the secular quest for faith.

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Other Editions

  • Dark and perfect angelsCinco Puntos Press1995-01-01

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