The New Mexico Trilogy (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: John Nichols
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Plot: Magical Realism
- Time of Work: , the early 1970’s; , the 1930’s to the 1970’s; , the late 1970’s
- Setting: Northern New Mexico and southern Colorado
- Principal Characters: José (Joe) Mondragòn, Nancy Mondragòn, Bernabé Montoya, Carolina Montoya, Ladd Devine III, Charley Bloom, Linda Romero Bloom, Onofre Martìnez, Kyril Montana, Herbert Goldfarb, Dale Rodey McQueen, April McQueen Delaney, Icarus Suazo, Claude Parker, George Parker, Virgil Leyba, “Junior” Leyba, Joseph Bonatelli, Joe Miniver, Heidi Miniver, Eloy Irribarren
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Culture, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, West, U.S., Minorities, Spiritualism, New Mexico, Southwest, Latinos
- Locales: Colorado, New Mexico
The Novels
In his preface to The Nirvana Blues, John Nichols recalls,
When I sat down to begin The Milagro Beanfield War, I had no idea the story would grow into a trio of books. . . . All three novels are set in mythical Chamisa county, where the folks, the situations and the landscapes resemble parts of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Should they survive, I suppose future interested persons might refer to these books as his New Mexico Trilogy,’ even though the name of New Mexico never appears in any of the texts.
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