Description
Cuentos del Cañón is a series of a dozen stories set in or near the same canyon that is home to Carmen Baca’s first novel El Hermano. We feel the palpable agony of the parents of an infant victim of the evil eye, the terror of the victims of realistic nightmares, and the wonder of a youth shoved to safety by his cousin who is actually in France. The Devil appears in the middle of a dance, an entire village disappears, Saint Death teaches humans life lessons, and a serpent that nightmares are made of exists in a corner of Sangre de Cristos – these are a few of the stories you’ll find in this collection by award-winning story-teller, Carmen Baca.
Señora Baca gives her own twist to several folk tales and legends told by her elders and ancestors through oral tradition and creates others that are new additions to New Mexico literature. She takes both human and phantasmagorical characters through life’s experiences and emotions in each story and makes their experiences truly credible.
Carmen Baca
After 36 years in the classroom, Carmen currently “teaches” from home in the mountains of northern New Mexico, helping aspiring authors with their own manuscripts, researching marketing strategies, and working on her next novel.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.