Everything begins and ends at the Kentucky Club
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2012 - Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso, TX, Texas
Language
English
Word Count
45,000 words, Guess
Page Count
180 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25237555M
- ISBN-139781935955320
- ISBN-101935955322
- OCLC Control Number756581206
- OCLC Control Numbereverythingbegins0000saen
and 1 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2012004532
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3569.A27 E94 2012
Description
Benjamin Alire Sáenz's stories reveal how all borders—real, imagined, sexual, human, the line between dark and light, addict and straight—entangle those who live on either side. Take, for instance, the Kentucky Club on Avenida Juárez two blocks south of the Rio Grande. It's a touchstone for each of Sáenz's stories. His characters walk by, they might go in for a drink or to score, or they might just stay there for a while and let their story be told. Sáenz knows that the Kentucky Club, like special watering holes in all cities, is the contrary to borders. It welcomes Spanish and English, Mexicans and gringos, poor and rich, gay and straight, drug addicts and drunks, laughter and sadness, and even despair. It's a place of rich history and good drinks and cold beer and a long polished mahogany bar. Some days it smells like piss. "I'm going home to the other side." That's a strange statement, but you hear it all the time at the Kentucky Club.
Description
Sometimes the border is a mirror, sometimes an escape, and sometimes it's just the bridge you cross to go home.
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