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This memoir of a young gringo's assimilation into the exotic street life of a bustling port on Mexico's Sea of Cortez is an eye-opening account of the area's working-class life. After months of anthropological field work in late 1960s Ecuador, David Stuart returns to Guaymas with broken bones and a broken heart, finding comfort in the cafés and nightspots along the waterfront. There he reveals his failings to people whose lingua franca is the simple wisdom of listening and understanding. The loyal barmen and taxi drivers adopt him into their tight-knit circle, helping him ride out the devastation of betrayal by a woman who is carrying another man's child.
Dubbed El Güero ("Whitey") on the street, Stuart drifts into la movida, the Mexican world of hustlers, politicians, police officials, businessmen, and street urchins. In a 1970 Mexico where a $500 bribe and a two-year wait might get you a telephone, he needs help. A headstrong shoeshine girl, Lupita, becomes his mandadera (messenger) and then his confidante and junior business partner, working her magic by bribing customs officials and making deals for tires, fans, blenders, and other fayuca (contraband). A scrawny eleven-year-old, she is not just street-brilliant but complicated and utterly fascinating.
This vivid, haunting portrait of a world many Americans have visited but few understand, is a unique examination of what Mexico means to one American and what America means to the everyday Mexican people who surround and protect him.
- Sales Rank: #1598782 in Books
- Brand: Brand: University of New Mexico Press
- Published on: 2006-09-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.04" h x 1.02" w x 5.62" l, 1.17 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 408 pages
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""The Guaymas Chronicles is a heck of a book. . . In such a writer and in such a book lies a mighty hope for education and accord out of the clefted differences "The Guaymas Chronicles perceptively, poignantly embodies."
"[This] book is fast paced, funny, horrifying and a joy to read from the first page to the last."
"The writing is serviceable and the tone is sincere. The human portraits are on target. . . a very believable, fresh, and enjoyable read."
"What makes this book come alive is that the author is not merely an observer, but a character in his own right: The young single gringo with polished Red Wing boots, a taste for Orange Crush and an eye for pretty women."
"The author's keen insight into people and his surroundings came through the sharp eyes of a 25-year-old anthropologist who sees well beyond the surface of life in Guaymas. He knows how to convey that, and his readers reap the rewards."
""The Guaymas Chronicles," [is] a rich autobiographical narrative with the power of a novel peopled by a cast of resilient and passionate characters who stand as representatives of life at the margins of respectability throughout much of urban Mexico, then and now."
"Stuart does better than most novelists with characterization. Conflict bubbles under the surface, and finding Paradise proves more difficult than naively imagined. Tragedy strikes, bringing the realization that Stuart is inescapably non-Guayman, actually caught between two cultures. The details are rich and fascinating to us foreigners. The so-called simple life brings, instead, pathos."
"The human portraits are on target. . . a very believable, fresh, and enjoyable read."
"ÝThis¨ book is fast paced, funny, horrifying and a joy to read from the first page to the last."
""The Guaymas Chronicles" tells a compelling and powerful tale. . . ÝStuart¨ is among the few gringos who have the capacity to express both the pain and pleasure that true communion with a foreign place can entail."
""The Guaymas Chronicles" is a heck of a book. . . . In such a writer and in such a book lies a mighty hope for education and accord out of the clefted differences "The Guaymas Chronicles" perceptively, poignantly embodies."
""The Guaymas Chronicles," Ýis¨ a rich autobiographical narrative with the power of a novel peopled by a cast of resilient and passionate characters who stand as representatives of life at the margins of respectability throughout much of urban Mexico, then and now."
"For all his escapades with Mexican females and the adventures with his bartender buddies, it is his relationship with Lupita that reaches deepest. Roaming Guaymas, driving to Arizona in his 1962 Rambler, and going fishing together on the Sea of Cortz, the two grew closer, and progress of their friendship becomes the driving narrative. Theirs is a gripping and moving story, about shattering the barriors that seperate two people, two classes, two countries."
"Stuart's narrative really takes off when Lupita, a feisty, orphaned street girl who becomes his "Mandadera" (messenger), enters the scene. Despite their myriad differences, they enjoy a deep friendship, as each provides the other with the missing piece of an important relatioship: he replaces the parents she never knew, while she offers the warmth of family and companionship he lost when his marriage was called off. The story of Stuart and Lupita is heartwarming, and yet ultimately tragic. As Guaymas locals kept telling Stuart all those years ago 'You've got to do good things for people'--and with this charming book, Stuart has done quite a lot for his reader."
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This memoir of a young gringo anthropologist's assimilation into the exotic street life of a bustling port on Mexico's Sea of Cortez is also an account of the area's working-class life in the late 1960s.
About the Author
David E. Stuart, the first student in the State of West Virginia to earn a degree in Anthropology, came to UNM in '67/'68 where he earned the Masters and Ph.D. and, later, an honorary doctorate from WVa Wesleyan College. He has conducted fieldwork in Mexico, Alaska, Ecuador, and the American Southwest, where he continues to publish in both Anthropology and Archaeology. He served the University of New Mexico as a senior academic administrator for many years, and still teaches the Archaeology of New Mexico.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
but looks VERY interesting and comes highly recommended by friends that HAVE already read it
By ARTIST EILEEN
haven't read it yet, but looks VERY interesting and comes highly recommended by friends that HAVE already read it..
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
The best and the most riveting book I have ever read
By Raymond I. Spangler
I was given this book by the author, who is my cousin. He is an extraordenery person but I was stunned by the quality of his writing and the subject matter. This book missed winning a pulitzer and has not been made into a movie because of technical problems. His Mexican friends do receive stipends but this tragically underrated masterpiece and the gut-wrenching stories of those prostitutes need more exposure.
I started by reading this book's sequel, "The Zone of Tolerence" (Red Light District), while David was visiting for a family reunion, so I asked he and his wife, Cindy several questions. She is the railroadman's daughter he became engaged to in this book. They later visited his prostitue and other types of friends mentioned in both books. Cindy was surprised that characters were real and that these bizarre tales were true. The Stuarts were not blessed with children so Lupita was David's only brush with fatherhood. David and Cindy have taken in strays from the University of Mexico. Foreign and domestic students drop out of colleges all over the county but because of this couple's compassion, many in New Mexico have been helped back on track by free rent and encouragement. Cindy was also trained in Archaeology but became a university administrator. Her doctoral thesis researches why students drop out and how a university can prevent this loss of talent and increase the certification of potential taxpayers. In my opinion it was fortunate that David did not marry Marta, the prostitute, or Iliana, the waitress made pregnant by another man. Judge this question for yourself while these books return you to that magical time of lust-fired first love and clouded judgement.
I agree with the other reviewers. David acted in a way that later triggered catastrophic conquences. I acted the same way in the states but, in a location where people are barely surviving, small mistakes can push kids over the edge. Not having a 911 emergency system killed Lupita, not David. Ditto for the the victims of the auto accidents-- moaning while the police stole their luggage.
What you also don't know is that David was assaulted and almost killed before he made his escape out of Ecuador. His notes were written in uncoded English so they could be read by the American educated elite who were doing the exploitation he was documenting. For starters, the peasents were sold with the land and a landowner's first rites with Indian brides was enforced. The horse rolling over him was another problem. While riding over the mountains on a mule train, Indian women would try and trade or sell their babies for food. David could not purchase food for these children because the packed food was for other starving people. Giving the women this food would only encourage them to try and escape the mountains and die on the way down. "No babies", was the non-negotiable rule of the mule skinners. This book is titled, "The Ecuador Effect", University of New Mexico Press.
These two books about Mexico now serve as a documentary of what Mexico was like before drugs poisoned and altered its social fabric. The only other book that changed my attitude was "The Corner" by David Simon and Edward Burns which chronicles the lives of addicts on one drug corner of Baltimore. If you readers need a manicured happy ending without warts, best stick with boy-meets-girl fluff fiction. Pain-on-page is real life. I feel it is my duty to read these types of non-fiction books, even if there is little, or no chance of improvement. Books, like the ones I have mentioned, are not a part of American, light-impact, popular culture. Is that why our problems rarely get solved?
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Lupita's story is a testament to all mandaderas whose stories are never told
By Daniel Estes
David Stuart's personal account of the time he spent in the Sonoran town of Guaymas would have remained relatively uneventful had he not met little Lupita, la mandadera. She is the story's emotional center, and Stuart's relationship with her undoubtedly changed him forever.
I appreciate the author's anthropological style of narration even though I find it jumpy at times. The frequent Spanish translations are a nice touch. In general I believe a strong story subject can make up for not-as-strong writing, and Stuart's story is a powerfully moving slice of his life. A few descriptions are permanently embedded in my mind: one favorite is of Lupita with her trophy fish catch, a three-and-a-half-foot yellowtail, which she caught on an outing to Kino Bay in the Sea of Cortés.
It's not often that I find myself so engrossed in a book that the world around me dissolves into a kind of tunnel vision.
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