Despite his mexican background, rechy, until the publication of the miraculous day of amalia gomez, drew less on chicano themes than he did upon the acculturation he received in new yorks gay. The miraculous day of amalia gomez by john rechy, rechy. Buy city of night by john rechy, paperback format, from the dymocks online bookstore. The miraculous day of amalia gomez by john rechy books on. They both spoke about many events occurring in their lives. In this first book length monograph on the mexican american novelist, essayist, and playwright john rechy, best known for his debut novel city of night, maria deguzman offers a conceptually clear yet aesthetically, philosophically, and sociopolitically finegrained analysis of the spectrum of his writing.
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