{"product_id":"zigzagger-manuel-muoz-9780810148956","title":"Zigzagger: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eMu?oz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e breakthrough collection, reissued with a new foreword by author Helena Mar?a Viramontes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Manuel Mu?oz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths of Mexican American literature and the image of California's Central Valley as a lush world of rural tranquility, instead exploring the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. A teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; a young farm worker attempts to hide his supervision of a group of children from the town police; a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. Experiencing conflicts of family and sexuality and 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--places that, by nature, are bordered by loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manuel Mu?oz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810148951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810148956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Triquarterly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Manuel Mu?oz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571406459135,"sku":"9780810148956","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ddd7ea0e-ede0-45da-8ab7-5d2bbbe00f51.jpg?v=1738808143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/zigzagger-manuel-muoz-9780810148956","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}