Thirteen Senses: A Memoir

I love this book; however,for me Rain of Gold was better. Victor Villasenor is one of my favorite authors because of his unusual style. His memoir Burro Genius was fabulous. My son is very dyslexic and it reminds me of him.

I too was moved to read "13 Senses" by a PBS radio interview. What a great story. I apreciated the fact that Victor Villasenor did not list the thirteen senses but uses the story to illustrate what they are. An extremely mature writing style that I enjoyed.After reading "13 Senses" I then read "Rain of Gold". Thirteen Senses is to me by far the better book. It is not just reporting facts and dates; it is reporting life and feelings. Victor Villasenor in this book believes, not just reports. The many years between the two books reflexes his attained maturity and sureness.

The words float from the pages of this marvelous continuation to the masterpiece, RAIN OF GOLD. Calling it a sequel minimizes the impact of the journey Villasenor leads us through. It is a priviledge to read the prose that this great author allows us to view and what a gift that Villasenor chooses to give us all in sharing such a magnificent story with us. The realization that there are many stories like his is present, yet Villasenor has allowed us to enter a world of adventure, love, passion, mysticism and reality. Though for conventional western thought his story borders on strands of credibility, the indigenous influence never dies within those who possess it. Mr. Villasenor, I Believe!

Victor Villasenor has done it again. He brings the gift of his family's continuing history once again. We meet up again with Lupe and Salvador on their journey through life together. I can say that this book along with Rain of Gold has touched me like no other. I have finished the book and already miss the characters. I applaude and thank the author for his wonderful gift...

Victor Villasenor writes like the very re-incarnation of the Muse itself. A classicist who knows his plot, knows his characters, knows the very stars from which we all come because he writes the truth that is stranger and more mysterious than fiction. His publisher says he writes about his own family. We know better. We know he writes about us, about us as family, about who we want to be and how we settle for who we are. And how, at the very moment of doom, we can and must demand justice from our God in order to get it. Lupe is the heroine of this fantastic saga of human adventure. You will love Lupe. You will learn what it really means to be a beautiful woman from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to love a man from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to love life from Lupe. You will learn what it means to wake up one morning, as a new bride, and realize you have just made the biggest mistake of your life from Lupe. You will learn what it really means to honor the major commitments of your life from Lupe. You will learn how to be practically and deliciously wicked from Lupe. But most of all you will love Lupe.