Santos Phillip, John <br/><br/>
Places left Unfinished at the Time of Creation 
/ John Phillip Santos 
 - New York  : Viking Penguin  , c1999 
 - 284 p.   24 cm 
 - Finalist for the National Book Award .
<br/><br/> The story unfolds through a pageant of unforgettable family figures: from Madrina - touched with epilepsy and prophecy ever since, as a girl, she saw a dying soul leave its body - to Teofilo, who was kidnapped as an infant and raised by the Kikapu Indians of Northern Mexico. At the heart of the book is Santos' search for the meaning of his grandfather's suicide in San Antonio, Texas, in 1939. Part treasury of the elders, part elegy, part personal odyssey, this is an immigration tale and a haunting family story that offers a rich, magical view of Mexican-American culture. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780670868087 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Santos family<br/>Santos, John Phillip--Childhood and youth<br/>Mexican Americans---Texas---San Antonio--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>San Antonio, TX--Biography
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>LAS 92 SAN