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Electrodom駸ticos: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781956046274)
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xInspired, in part, by Moira McCavana's own family history in Bilbao, these inventive short stories inhabit the Spanish Basque Country in the fifty years following the Spanish Civil War.
"In Guernica, there isn't a tree, on the outskirts of town, from whose gnarled arms dangle felt berets. The hats are not a range of colors--they are not blue, cream, maroon, brown, orange, violet, or green. The hats did not begin as buds, as specks of folded felt that uncurled as the tree developed from a sapling, and matured." So begins the opening story of Electrodom駸ticos, the debut collection from Moira McCavana. In these stories, characters struggle with allegiances both political and personal, their attempts at independence coinciding with the region's growing nationalist fervor. Exquisitely attuned to the nuances of familial and cultural history, and beautifully blending pastoral and historical sensibilities, Electrodom駸ticos is a stunning debut about place, language, and identity, from a promising new voice.
Author: Moira McCavana
ISBN-10: 1956046275
ISBN-13: 9781956046274
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2023
"In Guernica, there isn't a tree, on the outskirts of town, from whose gnarled arms dangle felt berets. The hats are not a range of colors--they are not blue, cream, maroon, brown, orange, violet, or green. The hats did not begin as buds, as specks of folded felt that uncurled as the tree developed from a sapling, and matured." So begins the opening story of Electrodom駸ticos, the debut collection from Moira McCavana. In these stories, characters struggle with allegiances both political and personal, their attempts at independence coinciding with the region's growing nationalist fervor. Exquisitely attuned to the nuances of familial and cultural history, and beautifully blending pastoral and historical sensibilities, Electrodom駸ticos is a stunning debut about place, language, and identity, from a promising new voice.
Author: Moira McCavana
ISBN-10: 1956046275
ISBN-13: 9781956046274
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Language: English
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 175
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2023
By Moira McCavana
xOriginally from Massachusetts, Moira McCavana has spent much of her writing life responding to inherited family histories from Northern Ireland and Northern Spain. Her first published short story, "No Spanish," was selected for the 2019 O. Henry Prize Anthology. Her work has appeared in The Paris Review, Guernica, The Drift, Harvard Review, and The London Magazine, and has been adapted to audio as an Audible Original story. In August 2022, she was the recipient of a MacDowell fellowship, and in 2024 was awarded the George Plimpton award from The Paris Review.
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