The House of Alarcon

By Joseph Dispenza

Book Overview

Powerful Saga of a New World Dynasty in Decline.Four centuries ago, the King of Spain granted the Alarc?ns a huge tract of land a few miles west of Taos, New Mexico, a personal fiefdom in the New World. Now Juan Mateo fears he may be the last of the House of Alarcon. His ranch in disuse, his wife Carmela withdrawn into a private world of sexual fantasy that skirts madness, his house empty of an heir, Juan Mateo watches the corporate land developers circle like vultures around his family's heritage.Then, one day, a young man arrives at the ranch by chance and Juan Mateo sees in him the son promised in a dream.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511946199
• ISBN13: 9781511946193
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fine First Novel - Wish He Wrote More

This could have been a series of lyrical short stories tied together as an ancient family history...sometimes lyrical, disturbing, and interesting. The writing suffered at points, and it was clear this was the product of a novice writer. The question is why he didn't write another.

A beautiful, sensual, lyrical book

I found out about 'The House of Alarcon' through reading another of Dispenza's books, 'The Way of the Traveler.' This is a novel of tremendous beauty, sensual and lyrical. I had no idea this novel existed, or why it didn't become a huge hit when it was published. It's a great reading experience -- fascinating.The book goes back and forth between the present and the past -- all the way back to the conquistadors, in fact. A plot of land that is given to the Alarcon family by the King of Spain in the 1500s becomes the theater for amazing and magical family dramas. This is absolutely first-rate writing, and a story that you can practically feel through the pages.Read it -- you'll love it.