¡Caramba! (Magill’s Literary Annual 2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Nina Marie Martínez
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2003
- Setting: Lava Landing, California
- Principal Characters: Consuelo Sin Vergüenza, Natalie, Don Pancho Macías Contreras, Javier, Lulabell, Lucha Orozco, Fabiola Gutíerrez, True-Dee, April May McCormick
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Religion, California, Christianity, Women, Mexican Americans, Miracles, Mexico or Mexicans, Afterlife, Hair, Saints or sainthood, Heaven, Clothing or dress, 2000’s
- Locales: California
¡Caramba! A Tale Told in Turns of the Card tells a loosely plotted, fantastical story involving several characters in a small California town steeped in Mexican American culture. The tale is presented as if life were a big game of Lotería, a Mexican version of bingo. Lotería is played with cards representing common and supernatural objects or characters, with accompanying proverbs meant to enlighten the players. Lava Landing's residents are introduced, brought together, and drawn apart in chapters introduced by Lotería cards. Some of the cards illustrated are authentic, such...
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