Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
Reihe: Querencias Series
Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
Reihe: Querencias Series
ISBN: 978-0-8263-6337-4
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press
Winner of the 2015 Southwest Book Design and Production Award for Gift Book from the New Mexico Book Association
Silver Winner of the 2015 PubWest Book Design Award for Historical/Biographical Book
2015 Southwest Books of the YearThe poetic proverbs known to nuevomexicanos as dichos are particular to their places of origin. In these reflections on the dichos of the Chimayó Valley in northern New Mexico, native son Don J. Usner has written a memoir that is also a valuable source of information on the rich language and culture of the region. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs that Usner, who is also known for his photographic work, took of the people and places that he writes about, this book is a one-of-a-kind introduction to the real New Mexico.
Usner has known Chimayó since he was a boy visiting his grandmother and the other village elders, who taught him genealogies going back to family origins in Spain. The Spanish he learned there was embedded in dichos and cuentos. This book is the result of Usner's research into these memorable sayings, and it preserves a language and a culture on the verge on dissolution. It is a gateway into a uniquely New Mexican way of life.
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Silver Winner of the 2015 PubWest Book Design Award for Historical/Biographical Book
2015 Southwest Books of the YearThe poetic proverbs known to nuevomexicanos as dichos are particular to their places of origin. In these reflections on the dichos of the Chimayó Valley in northern New Mexico, native son Don J. Usner has written a memoir that is also a valuable source of information on the rich language and culture of the region. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs that Usner, who is also known for his photographic work, took of the people and places that he writes about, this book is a one-of-a-kind introduction to the real New Mexico.
Usner has known Chimayó since he was a boy visiting his grandmother and the other village elders, who taught him genealogies going back to family origins in Spain. The Spanish he learned there was embedded in dichos and cuentos. This book is the result of Usner's research into these memorable sayings, and it preserves a language and a culture on the verge on dissolution. It is a gateway into a uniquely New Mexican way of life.
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