8 hrs 14 mins | Fiction | Hispanic and LatinoA lush, nostalgic barrio romance reminiscent of Marquez and Allende. An orphaned boy with long hair to cover scars and a bewitched glass eye is raised by a collective of mariachis in East Los Angeles. Since childhood, Jimmy Ojotriste (sad eye) has busked the teeming Mexican restaurants of the Eastside with violinist Ray Chin and green-eyed tenor Victor Salcedo. At twenty, all three boys are in love, stuck, and one of them is dying. What follows is a lyrical quest through the Latin music underground of Los Angeles that will eventually take them from Tijuana to Andalusia. Steeped in the music of...
A lush, nostalgic barrio romance reminiscent of Marquez and Allende. An orphaned boy with long hair to cover scars and a bewitched glass eye is raised by a collective of mariachis in East Los Angeles. Since childhood, Jimmy Ojotriste (sad eye) has busked the teeming Mexican restaurants of the Eastside with violinist Ray Chin and green-eyed tenor Victor Salcedo. At twenty, all three boys are in love, stuck, and one of them is dying. What follows is a lyrical quest through the Latin music underground of Los Angeles that will eventually take them from Tijuana to Andalusia. Steeped in the music of mariachi and flamenco, and the “brujeria”, sensuality, and street life of disco era Los Angeles, Jimmy Ojotriste is an intense, musical romp through a vanishing world in the company of characters you will miss dearly when it’s over.
“Gave me the feeling of reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez for the first time.” Amazon Review
“Romantic in the biggest sense of the word.” Goodreads Review
“Lovely novel about young mariachis finding their place in the world, soaked in a vibrant sense of place and time. Somehow captures that feeling of being twenty and seeing the world spread before you in a way I've rarely seen portrayed well.” Goodreads Review
“Wrapped in the sights and sounds of 1970s Los Angeles, vibrant and nostalgic, Hernandez explores the complex intersections of race, love, poverty and coming of age…and through it all we are serenaded by his lyrical descriptions of the life and music of the mariachi.” Tate Hurvitz, Phd. Grossmont College Literature Dept.
“…Definitely for music lovers and romantics. Lyrical scenes - odd and memorable characters. Anyone interested in flamenco, mariachi, and Hispanic culture will be immersed. I learned of the book through "Las Comadres" a Latino lit reading group at our bookstore.” Goodreads Review
| # | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 001 The Music of Jimmy Ojotriste - Opening Credits |
0 mins 15 secs |
| 2. | 002 Dedication |
0 mins 18 secs |
| 3. | 003 Chapter 1 |
14 mins 20 secs |
| 4. | 004 Chapter 2 |
15 mins 49 secs |
| 5. | 005 Chapter 3 |
8 mins 11 secs |
| 6. | 006 Chapter 4 |
10 mins 02 secs |
| 7. | 007 Chapter 5 |
9 mins 40 secs |
| 8. | 008 Chapter 6 |
29 mins 03 secs |
| 9. | 009 Chapter 7 |
14 mins 59 secs |
| 10. | 010 Chapter 8 |
20 mins 04 secs |
| 11. | 011 Chapter 9 |
18 mins 13 secs |
| 12. | 012 Chapter 10 |
25 mins 53 secs |
| 13. | 013 Chapter 11 |
28 mins 59 secs |
| 14. | 014 Chapter 12 |
10 mins 50 secs |
| 15. | 015 Chapter 13 |
10 mins 15 secs |
| 16. | 016 Chapter 14 |
18 mins 36 secs |
| 17. | 017 Chapter 15 |
12 mins 33 secs |
| 18. | 018 Chapter 16 |
16 mins 02 secs |
| 19. | 019 Chapter 17 |
16 mins 01 secs |
| 20. | 020 Chapter 18 |
13 mins 17 secs |
| 21. | 021 Chapter 19 |
29 mins 16 secs |
| 22. | 022 Chapter 20 |
18 mins 58 secs |
| 23. | 023 Chapter 21 |
7 mins 40 secs |
| 24. | 024 Chapter 22 |
11 mins 38 secs |
| 25. | 025 Chapter 23 |
10 mins 28 secs |
| 26. | 026 Chapter 24 |
8 mins 08 secs |
| 27. | 027 Chapter 25 |
14 mins 58 secs |
| 28. | 028 Chapter 26 |
10 mins 39 secs |
| 29. | 029 Chapter 27 |
10 mins 58 secs |
| 30. | 030 Chapter 28 |
9 mins 34 secs |
| 31. | 031 Chapter 29 |
20 mins 54 secs |
| 32. | 032 Chapter 30 |
16 mins 12 secs |
| 33. | 033 Chapter 31 |
4 mins 44 secs |
| 34. | 034 Chapter 32 |
7 mins 07 secs |
| 35. | 035 Chapter 33 |
15 mins 01 secs |
| 36. | 036 Credits |
0 mins 34 secs |
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