{"product_id":"zigzagger-manuel-munoz-9780810120990","title":"Zigzagger: Stories","description":"Set mainly in California's Central Valley, Manuel Muz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths and narratives of Chicano literature and explores, instead, the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. Usually depicted as the lush and green world of rural quiet and tranquility, the Valley becomes the backdrop for the difficulties these characters confront as they try to maintain hope and independence in the face of isolation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the title story, a teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; in \"Campo,\" a young farm worker frantically attempts to hide his supervision of a huddle of children from the town police, only to have another young man come to his unexpected rescue; in \"The Unimportant Lila Parr,\" a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. From conflicts of family and sexuality to the pain of loss and memory, the characters in \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e seek to reconcile themselves with the rural towns of their upbringing--a place that, by nature, is bordered by loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Munoz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810120992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810120990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.10w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoder Hispanic\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2003 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2003 pg. 577\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 162","brand":"Manuel Munoz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992472518911,"sku":"9780810120990","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cbed868a-c370-446b-ac8b-eed6bfdce49c.jpg?v=1683319133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zigzagger-manuel-munoz-9780810120990","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}