The twenty-one stories in this collection typify the phenomenal growth Chicano literature has undergone during the past two decades.
No central theme or point of view unites the stories; rather there emerges in each a personal aesthetic vision..
The stories range from those complex narratives, from depictions of a childlike innocence to world-weary knowledge, from accounts of migrant life to middle-class anxieties, and from celebrations of the family to explorations of the supernatural.
The twenty-one stories in this collection typify the phenomenal growth Chicano literature has undergone during the past two decades