Where the Air Is Clear

Introduction vii Part One My Name Is Ixca Cienfuegos 3(118) Gladys Garcia (1951) 5(5) Navel of the Moon 10(42) Gervasio Pola (1913) 52(10) The de Ovandos (1910-1951) 62(9) Federico Robles (1907-1951) 71(19) Norma Larragoiti (1920-1940) 90(7) Rodrigo Pola (1914-1932) 97(24) Part Two The Old Man with a Yellow Mustache 121(17) City of Palaces 122(16) Ixca Cienfuegos Walked 138(7) Librado Ibarra (1923-1951) 139(6) At Ten Saturday Evening 145(28) Maceualli 146(27) A Big-Boned, Flabby-Skinned, Hunchbacked Man 173(12) Rosenda (1911-1935) 175(10) Add It Up 185(24) Mexico in Waters 187(22) From Federico Robles's Blue Office Windows 209(14) The Eagle Being Animate 210(13) A Man in a Northern Hat 223(12) Pimpinela de Ovando (1912-1951) 225(10) The Hatchet-Faced Catalan Woman 235(10) Though I May Prick My Finger 237(8) Father, Mother, Grandmother 245(17) Paradise in the Tropics 246(16) In the Hall of the District Courthouse 262(7) The Parting of Waters 263(6) ``Look, mano, let's get away from here.'' 269(1) Hortensia Chacon (1918-1951) 270(8) To Climb the Prickly Pear Tree 278(21) Feliciano Sanchez (1938) 299(4) The Skull of Independence 303(18) Mercedes Zamacona (1914-1915) 321(15) The Eagle Fallen 336(9) Part Three Betina Regules (1954) 345(7) Rodrigo Pola (1954) 352(8) Where the Air Is Clear 360