Jalamanta, Holographic and Typed Notes.
The collected early notes for Jalamanta, comprised of both handwritten and typed passages that together form a rough outline for the novel that would get published 16 years later.
Jalamanta: A Message from the Desert (1996)
Jalamanta, Draft from Notes.
This is the very first typed draft of Jalamanta, which Anaya put together from handwritten notes in 1980. This early version is more of an outline, generally sketching the skeleton of the novel.
Jalamanta : A Message from the Desert
In this short novel, Anaya experiments with a new style of writing: a New Age parable. The story tells of an exiled prophet who returns to his village after years of wandering in the desert. As he attempts to reconnect with his wife and community, he resumes his role as a visionary preacher, encouraging people to open up to the divine and fill their lives with the light of God.