{"product_id":"kafka-in-a-skirt-daniel-chaczen-9780816539918","title":"Kafka in a Skirt: Stories from the Wall","description":"This is not your ordinary short story collection. In his newest work, Daniel Chacón subverts expectation and bends the rules of reality to create stories that are intriguing, hilarious, and deeply rooted in Chicano culture. These stories explore the concept of a wall that reaches beyond our immediate thoughts of a towering physical structure. While Chacón aims to address the partition along the U.S.-Mexico border, he also uses these stories to work through the intangible walls that divide communities and individuals--particularly those who straddle multiple cultures in their daily lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in El Paso and other Latinx-dominant urban spaces, \u003ci\u003eKafka in a Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e is an immersive look into the myriad lives of the characters who inhabit these culturally diverse areas. Chacón masterfully weaves elements of the surreal and fantastic through a shining tapestry of fiction, creating moments of touching realism in contrast with scenes that are fascinatingly unfamiliar. Occasionally teasing the ghosts of Jorge Luis Borges and the Argentine poet Alejandra Pizarnik, this collection disregards boundaries and transports readers into a world merely parallel to our own. \u003ci\u003eKafka in a Skirt\u003c\/i\u003e unravels the intricacies of culture, sexuality, love, and loneliness in a collection that shows the personal implications of barriers while remaining hopeful and bright.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Chacón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081653991X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816539918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Daniel Chacón","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47473936630015,"sku":"9780816539918","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1309aec5-0ec4-4a0d-8fc5-bd5902a7b4c7.jpg?v=1762313896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kafka-in-a-skirt-daniel-chaczen-9780816539918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}