La Ranfla & Other New Mexico Stories
English
By (author): Martha Egan
Martha Egan's collection of seven short stories transcends the limits of regionalism. In Carnales, a grudge lasting generations ends with a standoff in a village cemetery. The unruly dog in Mutt helps a young silversmith learn to stand her ground. In Time Circles a trip to a ceremonial in Navajo Country encourages a woman to open both a new business and her heart. The veterinarian in Guapo rescues a dog that changes her life forever. A pair of newly arrived hippies learn to play by New Mexico's rules in La Ranfla. A broken down MGB strands a college boy in a border town in Granny, where local life proves to be unexpectedly seductive.
In La Ranfla, Martha Egan captures the quirkiness of Northern New Mexico in a Series of colorfully drawn short stories rich with wonderfully authentic characters. It's a fine, fine ride.--Anne Hillerman, author of Santa Fe Flavors and Hillerman's Landscape: On the Road with an American Legend
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