5/31/2023 0 Comments November blues sharon draperIt is a world parallel to ours, rife with Biblical references and the horrific traps that Latinx immigrants face while seeking better lives. In their sophomore novel, Oshiro deftly weaves an intricate, allegorical, and often gory tale within a post-apocalyptic desert setting that readers will feel so viscerally they may very well need to reach for a glass of water. Worn weary by her role, she leaves on an odyssey in search of another way to exist. Having diligently played this role since childhood, she is now a deeply lonesome 16-year-old whose only comfort comes from cherished poems. As the village cuentista, Xochitl listens to and receives the villagers’ stories into her body, clearing their consciences, preventing the manifestation of their nightmares, and releasing them to Solís in the desert. The villagers of Empalme devoutly pray to Solís, the feared higher power who unleashed La Quema, or fire, on humanity for its ills of greed, war, and jealousy. What does it mean to come into your own power by letting go of it?
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