“Brings alive the reality of the Mexican-American experience in the 20th century.” - Los Angeles Times
“Written with passion and authority, unsparing in its naturlaism, this fictional account of the Sandoval family traces the roots of today’s ferment.” - Los Angeles Times
“A social document which goes behind the myths of the adobe curtain to reveal the harsher truths encountered by Mexicans who came north to American seeking a decent life, dignity, opportuniyty, in a land which was once theirs.” - Los Angeles Times
“Vasquez is a writer of power and honesty; his novel is a chapter in our own history.” - Los Angeles Times
“A melting-pot novel in the tradition of Upton Sinclair, touched with authentic color and a strain of understandable bitterness.” - New York Times Book Review
“An abosrbing family saga.” - Library Journal