Dorothea Dreams (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Suzy McKee Charnas
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—feminist
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Taos and Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Art or artists, Ghosts or apparitions, Dreams, 1980’s, West, U.S., Obsession, Feminism, New Mexico, Southwest, Hostages or hostage taking
- Locales: Albuquerque, NM, Taos, NM
The Plot
Dorothea Dreams tells the story of Dorothea Howard’s progress from seclusion and obsession with her work to a return to public and political involvement. The change occurs after young Chicanos hold her hostage. She sympathizes with their effort to save their neighborhood. Her friend Ricky Maulders and a ghost from the time of the French Revolution help her respond to the crisis.
A well-known artist, Dorothea lives near Taos, New Mexico, and is obsessed by an enormous collage of found objects she has spent several years creating on a cliff wall. The...
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