Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393336450)

Following on the success of the Flash Fiction and Sudden Fiction series, Robert Shapard and James Thomas join with Ray Gonzalez in selecting works that each present a complete story in less than 1,500 words. Luisa Valenzuela, one of Latin America's most lauded writers, provides the introduction. Readers will delight in finding stars such as Junot D僘z, Sandra Cisneros, and Roberto Bolano alongside recognized masters like Gabriel Garc僘 M疵quez, Isabel Allende, and Jorge Luis Borges. They will discover work from Andrea Saenz, Daniel Alarc, and Alicita Rodriguez, as well as other writers on the rise.

In Julio Ortega's "Migrations," a Peruvian writer explores how immigrant speech and ethnic origins are a force of meaning that evolves beyond language. In "Hair," by Hilma Contreras, a Caribbean pharmacist is driven mad by a young woman's luxuriant tresses. These stories stretch from gritty reality to the fantastical in a mix that is moving, challenging, humorous, artful, sometimes political, and altogether spectacular.

Author: Robert Shapard
ISBN-10: 039333645X
ISBN-13: 9780393336450
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/07/2009 pg. 34