Red-Inked Retablos

by Rigoberto González

In the Mexican Catholic tradition, retablos are ornamental structures made of carved wood framing an oil painting of a devotional image, usually a patron saint. Acclaimed author and essayist Rigoberto Gonz lez commemorates the passion and the pain of these carvings in his new volume Red-Inked Retablos, a moving memoir of human experience and thought.

This frank new collection masterfully combines accounts from Gonz lez's personal life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816521352
• ISBN13: 9780816521357
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"