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'Serafina's Stories' Offers Simple, Wondrous Tale-Telling

Alan Cheuse reviews Serafina's Stories, a new work of fiction by Rudolfo Anaya. The book's main character is an imprisoned Pueblo Indian girl who tells stories in exchange for the release of her fellow prisoners.

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Alan Cheuse died on July 31, 2015. He had been in a car accident in California earlier in the month. He was 75. Listen to NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamburg's retrospective on his life and career.