THE RAIN gOD

Intertwining of Life and Death



The Rain God is the story of families, friendships, and betrayal along the El Paso/Juárez border. Set in a fictional small town on the Texas-Mexico border, it tells the funny, sad and quietly outrageous saga of the children and grandchildren of Mama Chona the strong matriarch of the Angel clan who fled the revolution for a gringo land of promise. In The Rain God, the idea of love and death are intertwined and give a dark yet accurate description of the tones of the novel. Each main character is faced with death at some point in their lives and in a specific way, but the desert always seems to dominate as the symbol of death. Miguel Chico is taught early on that death and love are inseparable, Felix dies for love, and Mama Chona is the symbol of life and death.
Miguel Chico is from a border town and unlike the others in the family, he excels in school despite various obstacles including his own family. Early on, Miguel Chico is confronted w...