Golondrina, why did you leave me? : : A Novel / / Bárbara Renaud González.
The golondrina is a small and undistinguished swallow. But in Spanish, the word has evoked a thousand poems and songs dedicated to the migrant's departure and hoped-for return. As such, the migrant becomes like the swallow, a dream-seeker whose real home is nowhere, everywhere, and especially i...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Author’s Note
- The Legend of the Golondrina
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. Where are you going, my beloved swallow?
- Part Two. What home are you seeking with your untiring wings?
- Part Three. To reach it safely, what wind will you follow?
- Part Four. Your wings have endured such storms and you are so far from home.
- Part Five. Come to me, sweet feathered pilgrimed stranger.
- Epilogue