The Fight for Space (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781622882267)

In his debut collection, The Fight for Space, Roberto Ontiveros explores the modes of art and obsession with eleven stories that run from fabulist comedy to surrealist noir. The tales--focusing on the inner lives of adult caregivers, delivery drivers, and painters--trace how the ubiquity of media (the world of sitcoms, talk radio, and superhero comics) comes to flood the working class with a dream-like dread. In this book, a budding con artist tries to sell a house that does not belong to her, an anti-social memoirist pens the fates of his friends, and a comic book-obsessed warehouse employee follows a man who wears a gas mask. Atmospheric and erotic, the stories in The Fight for Space, recall the literary mysteries of James M. Cain by way of Twin Peaks.

Author: Roberto Ontiveros
ISBN-10: 1622882261
ISBN-13: 9781622882267
Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/26/2019
Pages: 114
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d