Chasing Dichos through Chimayó (Querencias Series)

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The poetic proverbs known to nuevomexicanos as dichos are particular to their places of origin. In these reflections at the dichos of the Chimayó Valley in northern New Mexico native son Don J. Usner has written a memoir that may be also a valuable source of information at the wealthy language and culture of the region. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs that Usner, who could also be known for his photographic work, took of the people and places that he writes about, this book is a one-of-a-kind introduction to the actual New Mexico.

Usner has known Chimayó since he was once a boy visiting his grandmother and the other village elders, who taught him genealogies going back to circle of relatives origins in Spain. The Spanish he learned there was once embedded in dichos and cuentos. This book is the results of Usner’s research into these memorable sayings, and it preserves a language and a culture at the verge on dissolution. This is a gateway into a uniquely New Mexican way of living.

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