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Title: Shaman Winter by Rudolfo Anaya ISBN: 0-446-60801-7 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Anaya a Great Writer!
Comment: I have read all of Anaya's books. I loved this one as I loved them all. I read them all in order of their writing and found doing that the most interesting way to follow Anaya's thoughts and the development of his writing. This book is the last of a trilogy - hopefully there will be many more. His writing is such a wonderful way to discover the history and essence of New Mexico and to get a real feeling for the soul of the area. Anaya writes using many analogies and metaphors and with very deep meaning. Rudolfo Anaya is a joy to read and his writings have enriched my life profoundly.
Rating: 4
Summary: Dream World Mystery
Comment: This is the third book in the series by Anaya involving his heros Sonny Baca and Rita Lopez and their battles with Sonny's opponent Raven. To appreciate this book, you really need to start at the beginning and follow the story through the various phases. The first book "Zia Summer" sets the stage with the principal characters in the context of the New Mexico Pueblo Indian culture. The second book "Rio Grande Fall" takes you through the battles of Sonny and Raven in the context of the multiple layers of culture (Native American, Hispanic and Anglo) in the Rio Grande Valley. You get a wonderful tour of the cultures in each of these books. This third book "Shaman Winter" is the height of the mystical battle and the Pueblo Indian cultures interpretation of dreams. In this book there also is more of a direct message to the Nuevo Mexicano people that your existence is destroyed by those who rob you of your dreams and who rob you of your historical context. "History belongs to those who write it." Certainly this is a powerful message to the Hispanic people who must feel acutely the loss of their heritage in the Anglo culture and the denial of their dreams of a homeland and a peaceful existance. One of the most powerful moments in the book is the depiction of the Long Walk of the Navaho people and the impact on their women. This is conscience-raising but not distracting from the story line. The story is fascinating in the mystical interpretation of dreams. You have to be willing to suspend disbelief and go along for the ride to enjoy this story. If your are able to do so, the journey is a wonderful one, full of twists, and goes off like the finale of a July 4th fireworks display in all the plots and subplots at the dramatic ending. Note that the ending leaves room to look forward to another book in the series.
Rating: 1
Summary: Shaman Winter - a disappointment
Comment: I've read all three books in this trilogy: "Zia Summer," "Rio Grande Fall" and now "Shaman Winter." Each book was more disappointing than the previous. I had picked up "Zia Summer" because I'd heard good things about Anaya's work and wanted a "different" mystery than the type I usually read. Although "Zia Summer" was a good "long-plane-ride" book, the other two got extremely involved in Sonny's spiritual side and became increasingly "hocus-pocus"; they didn't spend enough time developing the now flaky mystery with Sonny and his nemesis, Raven. The problems Sonny got himself into seemed misplaced and didn't move the mystery along very well and the ending, especially in "Shaman Winter," seemed too make-believe. From now on, I'll stick with Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot!
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Title: Zia Summer by Rudolfo Anaya ISBN: 0446603163 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Rio Grande Fall by Rudolfo Anaya ISBN: 0446604860 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Heart of Aztlan: A Novel by Rudolfo A. Anaya ISBN: 0826310540 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Tortuga: A Novel by Rudolfo A. Anaya ISBN: 0826310745 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: My Land Sings: Stories from the Rio Grande by Rudolfo Anaya ISBN: 0380729024 Publisher: Rayo Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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