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Title: River of Traps: A Village Life by William deBuys, Alex Harris ISBN: 0-8263-1680-8 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: An honest story of an unusual friendship, words & pictures
Comment: DuBuys' and Harris' friendship with Jacobo Romero was an education for their minds and spirits and they share what they learned in this elegant volume. New Mexicans are hard to write about, because they use language more directly, to a different purpose, than most other Americans. It's difficult to tell a New Mexican's story, because it's hard to use a New Mexican's language. DuBuys has stood in a neutral place to see himself, his friend Alex Harris, their women, and his friend Jacobo Romero, his wife, and others, and to tell a story that is from the heart without being romanticized, that shares what he learned with striking generosity. The pictures are beautiful--the landscape of New Mexican people is even more stirring than the landscape of New Mexican land.

Rating: 5
Summary: Lovely, lovely, lovely.
Comment: A captivating read, a joy, a lovely picture book. You will fall in love with this book... You will not be able to help yourself.

Rating: 5
Summary: A deserving Pulitzer finalist and a NYTimes Notable Book
Comment: This is a fluid and absorbing book. Each chapter/vignette builds carefully upon the preceding one. The author's knowledge of the Southwest and its intertwined cultures and his affection for the land and his friends makes this a powerful read. Anyone interested in the Southwest, biography and/or photography should read this. It's wonderful!

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