In this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award-winning author Myriam Gurba, nothing is as it seems on the surface. A Mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to make them sit still (""How Some Abuelitas Keep Their Chicana Granddaughters Still So That They Can Paint Their Portraits in Winter""). A Polish grandfather spends the night in a Mexican graveyard after a Da de Muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them (""Even This Title Is a Ghost"").
Unforgettable characters inhabit these cross-border tales filled with introspection and longing, as modern sensibilities weave and wind through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going.
A native Californian, Myriam Gurba earned a BA with honors from UCBerkeley. Her writing has been published by Manic D Press, Future Tense, City Lights, and Seal Press. Her first book, Dahlia Season, won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. She blogs often for the Rumpus and Radar Productions.
By:
Myriam Gurba Imprint: Manic D Press,U.S. Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 13mm
Weight: 212g ISBN:9781933149905 ISBN 10: 1933149906 Pages: 160 Publication Date:19 May 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
