New Editions

Grove Press will reissue two of John Rechy's novels in the Fall of 2001, The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez and Bodies and Souls. Each book will contain a foreword written by the author.

"...a scarred beauty"

Bodies and Souls was originally published by Carroll & Graf in 1983. Upon release, the novel was praised as "A memorable feast...powerful, chilling, moving...extraordinary" by the Los Angeles Times. The New York Times added "So much energy, ambition, humor...a scarred beauty."

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"...the dark underside of the American Dream..."

When The Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez was first published in 1991 by Arcade Publishing, Newsday called it "A triumph...rooted in cultural as well as deep intuition...Amalia comes to stunning and heartbreaking life." Publisher's Weekly noted "Rechy probes the dark underside of the American Dream in this powerful portrait."

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