Thirteen Senses
By (Author) Victor Villasenor
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
7th January 2003
United States
General
Fiction
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Biography: general
813.54
Paperback
544
Width 198mm, Height 145mm, Spine 34mm
450g
A daring memoir of love, magic, adventure, and miracles, Victor Villaseor's Thirteen Senses continues the exhilarating family saga that began in the widely acclaimed bestseller Rain of Gold, delivering a stunning story of passion, family, and the forgotten mystical senses that stir within us all.
Thirteen Senses begins with the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the aging former bootlegger Salvador and his elegant wife, Lupe. When asked by a young priest to repeat the sacred ceremonial phrase "to honor and obey," Lupe surprises herself and says. "No, I will not say 'obey'. How dare you! You don't talk to me like this after fifty years of marriage and I now knowing what I know!" After the hilarious shock of Lupe's rejection of the ceremony, the Villaseor family is forced to examine the love that Lupe and Salvador have shared for so many years -- a universal, gut-honest love that will eventually energize and inspire the couple into old age.
"Thirteen Senses celebrates the power of Woman...And, of course, the thirteen senses." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
"Thirteen Senses is not only a stirring memoir of a single marriage but also a timeless love story." -- Washington Post
Victor Villaseor was born in the barrio of Carlsbad, California. His bestselling, critically-acclaimed works, as well as his inspiring lectures, have earned him numerous awards. Most recently, he was selected as the John Steinbeck Chair by the Steinbeck foundation. He lives in Oceanside, CA.