The Fisherman from Chihuahua (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Evan S. Connell, Jr.
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Plot: Character study
- Time of Work: The 1970's
- Setting: Santa Cruz, California
- Principal Characters: Pendleton, “The Toltec, Damaso
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Restaurants, bars, taverns, or pubs, California, Spiritual life or spirituality, Christianity, Singing or singers, Cookery or cooks, Mexico or Mexicans, Christ figures or saviors, Beaches or seashores, Fishing or fishermen, Spain or Spanish people
- Locales: Santa Cruz, CA
The Story
“The Fisherman from Chihuahua” takes place during the off-season in a waterfront Mexican restaurant in the resort city of Santa Cruz, California. The restaurant is owned by an American named Pendleton, from whose perspective the narrative unfolds. Pendleton, who does not speak Spanish, has learned to prepare Mexican food from a short, light-skinned Mexican mechanic whom he thinks of as “the Toltec” because he feels his face resembles one of the carvings done by the ancient Toltec people of pre-Columbian Mexico. As his reward for teaching Pendleton to cook,...
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