Painting their portraits in winter
short stories / Myriam Gurba
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Word Count
39,500 words, Guess
Page Count
158 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781933149905
- ISBN-101933149906
- OCLC Control Number890180057
- Better World Books9781933149905
- Open LibraryOL27186714M
Classifications
- DDC813/.6
- LCCPS3607.U5485 P35 2015
Description
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 Día 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.
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