num_pages: 368
description: A New York Times Notable Book • "A complex, engaging novel... Sapogonia will establish Castillo as one of our finest Chicana novelists." --Rudolfo AnayaThe author of So Far From God , Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Máximo Madrigal, an expatriate of Sapogonia, the metaphorical homeleand of all mestizos. Subtly political, it demonstrates how warring blood within a single body resists any peaceful resolution.
language: English
title: Sapogonia
titlecomplete: Sapogonia
genres: Fiction, Literature
ratings_count: 168
publisher: Anchor