Cuando cantan los lagartos

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Summary: Cuando cantan los lagartos
Review: Beautifully crafted, lyrical novel that chronicles the lives of four generations of a Mexican dynasty.

Beginning with the disgrace of Eyerame, a Tarahumara Indian curandera, or medicine woman, Santana's epic traces the rise and fall of a powerful family in Juarez, Mexico. The family's story is interwoven with a richly rendered portrait of the geography and history of North Central Mexico.

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Summary: INCREDIBLE!
Review: Certainly the best new author I've read in a long time! I couldn't leave the book, started reading it on Friday night and finished it the same weekend. It was like watching a movie. Miguel Santana's narrative style is fresh and imaginative. This novel will become a classic. I can't wait for his next book!

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: If you are looking for a fresh approach to Spanish literature, "Cuando Cantan los lagartos" will not disappoint you. Miguel Santana weaves words and images in a tapestry of Tarahumara landscape. You will savor his writing artistry and flowing creativity. You will fall in love with his characters and their story which tells the history of Mexican-American border towns and the strength and struggles of these people to be true to themselves, their love, ancestral heritage, magic and traditions in spite of the changing times and circumstances that tend to transform or destroy. Miguel Santana's "Cuando cantan los lagartos" is a step forward in Latin-American literture.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: If you are looking for a fresh approach to Spanish literature, "Cuando Cantan los lagartos" will not disappoint you. Miguel Santana weaves words and images in a tapestry of Tarahumaran landscape. You will savor his writing craftsmanship as well as the characters and their story which is in essence the history of Mexican-American border towns, and the struggles of the Tarahumara to keep their ancestral heritage, magic and traditions in spite of the inevitable changes around them. I think Miguel Santana's "Cuando cantan los lagartos" is a step forward in Latin-American literature.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: If you are looking for a fresh approach to Spanish literature, "Cuando Cantan los lagartos" will not disappoint you. Miguel Santana weaves words and images in a tapestry of Tarahumara landscape. You will savor his writing artistry and flowing creativity. You will fall in love with his characters and their story which tells the history of Mexican-American border towns and the strength and struggles of these people to be true to themselves, their love, ancestral heritage, magic and traditions in spite of the changing times and circumstances that tend to transform or destroy. Miguel Santana's "Cuando cantan los lagartos" is a step forward in Latin-American literture.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: If you are looking for a fresh approach to Spanish literature, "Cuando Cantan los lagartos" will not disappoint you. Miguel Santana weaves words and images in a tapestry of Tarahumaran landscape. You will savor his writing craftsmanship as well as the characters and their story which is in essence the history of Mexican-American border towns, and the struggles of the Tarahumara to keep their ancestral heritage, magic and traditions in spite of the inevitable changes around them. I think Miguel Santana's "Cuando cantan los lagartos" is a step forward in Latin-American literature.

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Summary: Review- Cuando cantan los lagartos
Review: The thing that I liked about this novel was the way that it captured the bitter-sweet reality of life. If you are looking for a happy fairytale, it's not for you. But if you want to recognize life's traumas, and heartbreaks along with its good moments and re-experience them in a poignant, beautiful and very imaginative context you will love this novel. Think _Out of Africa_ or _The lover_, but with more of a sense of humor, and tongue-in-cheek approach to depicting human affairs and lost love. I was also impressed with the way that it played on Gabriel Garci'a Ma'rquez's magical realism (Cien Annos de soledad/A Hundred Years of Solitude)- a glimpse into this writer's ironic side.