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About The Rain God
The Rain God is a novel by Arturo Islas. The story involves a Mexican family living in a town on the U.S.-Mexican border over generations. It illustrates the family's struggles with disabilities, religious orthodoxy, racialized violence, and ethnic identification. The Rain God was awarded the best fiction prize from the Border Regional Library Conference in 1985 and was selected by the Bay Area Reviewers Association as one of the three best novels of 1984.
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