Libros de Jim Sagel (2 libros)

Sabelotodo Entiendelonada is a collection of six stories which continue and extend the themes cultivated by the author in Tunomás Honey. Very much at home in the northern New Mexican highlands, author Sagel offers us fresh insights into the distinctive multicultural environment of his tierra. The title story recounts the comical but poignant sinsabores of Sabelotodo Entiendelonada, a man so nicknamed because of the contrast between his extensive formal legal education his total ineptitude at simple ranching activities requiring no more than common sense. Among the other unusual characters in ...

Many of the stories collected here depict and contrast the traditional and autonomous manito culture with the contemporary and sometimes alienated lifestyle of New Mexican youth. Translated into English by the author.