In Search of Epifano (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Rudolfo Anaya
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: Probably the late twentieth century
- Setting: Sonora and Chihuahua, Mexico
- Principal Characters: The old woman, Epifano
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Tradition, Marriage, Dreams, Pain, Mexico or Mexicans, Life, philosophy of, Life and death, Old age or elderly people, Deserts
- Locales: Chihuahua, Mexico, Sonora, Mexico
The Story
An old woman, almost eighty years of age, is traveling alone in her jeep, heading deep into the Mexican desert, searching for a man named Epifano. At her advanced age she is ready for death and not afraid of it. In her childhood, she had heard whispered stories about her great-grandfather Epifano, about how he had built a great ranch in the desert. Her family album included a picture of him, which remained her only concrete link to this segment of her past.
Her vehicle experiences problems, and the mechanic who repairs it attempts to dissuade her from...
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