by María Amparo Escandón · Plaza & Janés · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401385889
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«Santitos» is a magical realism novel by María Amparo Escandón, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
Esperanza Díaz, a young Mexican widow, suffers the death of her daughter Blanca and, shortly after, the corpse disappears from the grave. Saint Jude Thaddeus appears to her in the kitchen and orders her to find it; the journey takes her from Tijuana to the low neighborhoods of California, amid humor, sex, and faith.
Published on May 7, 1999, with ISBN 9788401385889; the cover includes a comment by Laura Esquivel.
For readers of contemporary Latin American fiction interested in stories with humor and faith.
María Amparo Escandón is a Mexican-born American novelist, writer and film producer. Her work is known for addressing bi-cultural immigration experience of Mexicans. Her work has been translated into over 21 languages.
