Silence of the Llano

by Rudolfo Anaya

Very good (crease to front cover.) Trade paperback. First collection of short stories by this Latino author who was awarded the National Medal of the Arts for literature in 2001. A trade paperback original, this copy is in the later binding of glossy white paper. 174 pp.

Genres: Fiction

173 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1982

About the author

Rudolfo Anaya lives and breathes the landscape of the Southwest. It is a powerful force, full of magic and myth, integral to his writings. Anaya, however, is a native Hispanic fascinated by cultural crossings unique to the Southwest, a combination of oldSpain and New Spain, of Mexico with Mesoamerica and the anglicizing forces of the twentieth century. Rudolfo Anaya is widely acclaimed as the founder of modern Chicano literature. According to the New York Times, he is the most widely read author in Hispanic communities, and sales of his classic Bless Me, Ultima (1972) have surpassed 360,000, despite the fact that none of his books have been published originally by New York publishing houses. His works are standard texts in Chicano studies and literature courses around the world, and he has done more than perhaps any other single person to promote publication of books by Hispanic authors in this country. With the publication of his novel, Albuquerque (1992),Newsweek has proclaimed him a front-runner in "what is better called not the new multicultural writing, but the new American writing." His most recent volume, published in 1995, is Zia Summer.

"I've always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if we were very wise we would use that same tradition in video cassettes, in movies, and on radio."

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http://www.unm.edu/~wrtgsw/anaya.html
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http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_reso...

Reviews

[William Armstrong · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this collection of Rudolfo Anaya's short stories 30 years ago. After reading it again last year, I found that I still really enjoy this book. It will offer the reader a wide range of emotions, from the timeless humor of "The Christmas Play" (from his novel, "Bless Me, Ultima") to the sadness a father endures while arranging for his son's burial in "El Velorio."

[Jamie Barringer (Ravenmount) · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection includes stories also found in Anaya's other books, but they make a nice collection, with several metafiction type stories, several about childhood in the Southwest, and several about life in small towns or outside small towns in the Southwest. The collection starts with a story set in and near Las Animas, too, so it counts as a book set in Colorado, somewhat.