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In the city of smoking mirrors / Albino Carrillo.
- Title
- In the city of smoking mirrors / Albino Carrillo.
- Author
- Carrillo, Albino, 1964-
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| Text | Use in library | PS3603.A7745 I5 2004 | Off-site | |
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- Description
- viii, 83 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Huitzilopochtli has returned. Aztec destroyer, god of sun and war. He of the hummingbird. Son of Coatlique, Our Lady of the Serpent Skin. But you can call him H." "H. is reborn in the sprawling suburbs of an American metroplex in the late twentieth century, a place where "the future is a cartoon of the future." Life in suburbia is hard for an Aztec god: H. falls in and out of love, works downtown as an oficinista, raises children, and learns to command the awesome power of modern electronic media." "Then one indifferent summer's day H. is seriously wounded by the police - in a case of mistaken identity, of course - and faces death once more. In the City of Smoking Mirrors relates H.'s adventures as he hovers between life and death, revisiting his homeland and ancestors." "In tantalizing verse that walks the edge of dream, Albino Carrillo takes readers on a lyrical exploration of a dark netherworld, a quest for hope in a universe overshadowed by impending doom. Through the unforgettable persona of Huitzilopochtli, Carrillo shows us the transitory nature of our passions and wounds as he chisels a new headstone for our times."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Camino del sol
- Subject
- ISBN
- 0816523258 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2003010301
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries