King and Queen of Comezï¿½n

Name: King and Queen of Comezï¿½n
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ISBN: 9780806144832

ISBN-10: 0806144831

ISBN-13: 9780806144832

Edition: 2014

Authors: Denise Chï¿½vez, Denise Chï¿½vez

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Comezón: It's more than an itch. It's a long-standing desire that will never be fulfilled. And, in this novel by award-winning author Denise Chávez, it is also a border town in New Mexico whose denizens' longings are as powerful as they are, all too often, impossible.But in the feverish dance of life that seizes Comezón during its two annual fiestas, all things seem possible. As the townspeople revel in the freedom of the fiestas, their stories unfold in all manner of mystery, drama, and comic charm. In the middle of it all is Arnulfo P. Olivárez, master of ceremonies and befuddled patriarch of a less-than-tractable family. At the moment, he is calculating his chances of becoming mayor, as…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date: 9/4/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.69" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

Denise Chávez es la autora dePor el amor de Pedro Infantey deFace of an Angel, mismo que recibi—el premio American Book Award. Ha sido galardonada conel premio para escritores Lila Acheson Wallace/Reader’s Digest Fund y es la fundadora de la Feria del Libro de la Frontera/Border Book Festival, en Las Cruces, Nuevo México, donde reside con su esposo, Daniel Zolinsky.

Denise Chavez is a performance artist, novelist, and teacher whose work celebrates the border corridor of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and northern Mexico. Her novel, Face of an Angel (1994) won the American Book Award and her The King and Queen of Comezï¿½n (2014) won the 2015 International Latino Book Award and the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for fiction.