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Product Description: Finally, the acclaimed gay Chicano writer's unpublished short fiction, poetry, and essays are available in this collection Prolific poet, essayist, and short story writer, Arturo Islas (1938-1991) is well known for his two insightful novels, The Rain God and Migrant Souls...read more

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9781558853683 | Arte Publico Pr, April 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Finally, the acclaimed gay Chicano writer's unpublished short fiction, poetry, and essays are available in this collection Prolific poet, essayist, and short story writer, Arturo Islas (1938-1991) is well known for his two insightful novels, The Rain God and Migrant Souls.

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By Arturo Islas and Paul Skenazy (editor)

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9780826317322 | Univ of New Mexico Pr, July 1, 1996, cover price $25.00

Product Description: Meet Louie Mendoza, a jazz musician who likes to talk--who can't seem to stop talking for the life of him, in fact. It's 1973, the comet Kahoutek is coming, and the world may be about to end. It doesn't quite end for Louie, but the morning hours find him at San Francisco General Hospital, telling his tale to a stranger while he waits to hear the fate of his lover, La Mollie...read more

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9780913089378 | Broken Moon Pr, May 1, 1995, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Meet Louie Mendoza, a jazz musician who likes to talk--who can't seem to stop talking for the life of him, in fact.

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A fictional portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family reveals their struggles to come to terms with each other and the ever-changing, sometimes harsh, world around them, while still embracing their Hispanic heritage.

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9780916485009 | Alexandrian Pr, September 1, 1984, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Already a Southwestern classic as beautiful, subtle and profound as the desert itself Arturo Islas's The Rain God is a breathtaking masterwork of contemporary literature.

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9780380763931 | Reissue edition (Perennial, September 1, 1991), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A fictional portrait of three generations of a Mexican-American family reveals their struggles to come to terms with each other and the ever-changing, sometimes harsh, world around them, while still embracing their Hispanic heritage.
9780916485016 | Alexandrian Pr, September 1, 1984, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Already a Southwestern classic as beautiful, subtle and profound as the desert itself Arturo Islas's The Rain God is a breathtaking masterwork of contemporary literature.

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Continues the depiction of the Angel family who live on the border of Mexico and the U.S., focusing on Josie Salazar, the only divorced woman in the clan, and her aunt

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9780380714407 | Reprint edition (Avon Books, September 1, 1991), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Continues the depiction of the Angel family who live on the border of Mexico and the U.

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Continues the depiction of the Angel family who live on the border of Mexico and the U.S., focusing on Josie Salazar, the only divorced woman in the clan, and her aunt

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9780688074104 | William Morrow & Co, January 1, 1990, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Continues the depiction of the Angel family who live on the border of Mexico and the U.

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