Jose Builds a Woman

Product Description FIRST PLACE FOR FICTION "Jose Builds a Woman"- first place for fiction. Urusla LeGuin says,"Let Baross take you on a wild ride through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination. A winner! Mesmerizing! Stunning! Elegant! Captivating! Powerful! Lush! Magical realism that seduces the reader from beginning to end! The most incredible love story imaginable. URSULA K. LE GUIN says: "What a romp! Let Baross take you for a wild ride...through an extravagantly carnal Mexico of the imagination." JOSE BUILDS A WOMAN is a camel gallop through one of the most outrageous love stories ever told. The multi-layered saga revolves around a sensual outcast, Tortugina, the queen of bad love and Gabito, a jealous octopus diver. Tortugina’s pursuit of a forbidden dream endangers everything: her life, Gabito’s life, the life of her husband and her son, Jose, a boy obsessed with marrying a nun. Against all odds, through murder and extraordinary sexual encounters, Tortugina never abandons her dream. About the Author Award winning novelist Jan Baross is also a film maker, screenwriter and artist. She has a masters in media and has taught filmmaking at OSU. www.janbaross.com