Rudolfo Anaya writes about a woman in search of her identity, her roots. She's reached old age and has decided to go down to Mexico in search of her great-grandfather with whom she feels a strong connection. Her fulfillment is not necessarily with the "Mexican" culture per-say, but more with her Native ancestry. The title, "In Search of Epifano", is ironic, because Epifano is both her great-grandfather's name, as well as her ultimate epiphany- which is "epifano" in Spanish. Her epiphany is that through this connection of her past, she has come to find fulfillment at last- as if it were the missing link in her own soul.
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