The Soledad Crucifixion

In the New Mexico village of Camposanto, a priest is tied to a cross made from a sacred cottonwood tree. Father Lorenzo Soledad's adversaries, the impoverished tribe called the Calabazas, observe from below, and Juan Lobo, the head man of the Calabazas, sings the Song of Passage, preparing the priest for his journey by rubbing a white powder across his brow. It's a chilly April Friday in 1897. In two days it will be Easter, but for Soledad there will be no resurrection.

Is Soledad a martyr? A saint? A suicide? This gripping novel by a New Mexico writer who has spent a lifetime pondering the complicated cultures of the Southwest tells Soledad's story from his boyhood in a Texas bordello to his final day in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

Author: Nancy Wood
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 09/01/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780826351289
Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2012 pg. 56

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