Tales From The Tortilla Curtain and Other Stories: Volume 1

"A timely collection of stories and observation that apply to today's immigration situation. The stories told here Look at life from the Hispanic

perspective"

From the Forword by Pepe Serna:

Tales from the Tortilla Curtain and Other Stories, is a timely collection of stories and observations, especially as they apply to today's immigration situation. Set in the not-too-distant future, the first section, "Tales from the Tortilla Curtain", addresses the issues that eventually lead up to the creation of a thirty-foot-tall, twenty-foot-thick wall known as the Tortilla Curtain, or el Muro de la Tortilla.

Divided into three distinct sections, the book then proceeds to tell the stories of two Chicanos who get their hands on a time machine in "A Trav?s del Tiempo: Across Time". The message here is that it is never too late to do something to change your life. The third section, " Hazte el Behave o te Espanqučo!" takes a more humorous look at the Chicano experience on this side of the border. Here the author recounts a few stories from his childhood and poses some vital questions about what we say and how we say it in Spanglish.

Timely in its commentary, poignant in its realistic depiction of Mexicans and Mexican Americans, and laugh-out-loud funny in its observation of Chicano life in this country, Tales from the Tortilla Curtain and Other Stories, Volume I is a must read for anyone scarching for a unique perspective of Hispanic/Chicano/Latino life today and in the years to come.

Rolando Josu? D?az Rodriguez, Ph.D. was born in Allende, Coahuila, Mexico and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas. Growing up physically, culturally, and linguistically between two worlds, Rolando developed an appreciation for and an understanding of both the Mexican and the American societies. He currently lives in Durant, Oklahoma with his wife, Lewanda.

He is a tenured Associate Professor of Spanish, Humanities, and English and Chair of the Department of English, Humanities, and Languages at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.