Canícula - by Norma Elia Cantú (Paperback)

About the Book

In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published images--culled from hundreds of the author's family photos--adding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature.

Book Synopsis

In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published images--culled from hundreds of the author's family photos--adding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature.

Review Quotes

[Norma Elia Cantú] has captured both a single life and a particular culture.
--Story Circle Book Reviews

A personalized ethnography that feels as familiar as my own family album, and as touching.--Ana Castillo, author of So Far from God: A Novel

Intimate as a poem, and as large as the Texas sky, these stories are at once diminutive and grand.--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

About the Author

Norma Elia Cantú is the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University. Her recent works include Transcendental Train Yard: A Collaborative Suite of Serigraphs, Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera, Updated Edition (UNM Press), and the coedited anthology Entre Guadalupe y Malinche: Tejanas in Literature and Art.