Faith Healer of Olive Avenue

Stories

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

289 kr

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Beskrivning

The luminous second collection that cemented Muñoz as a key voice of and for California's Central Valley From the divergent paths of triplet brothers to a grieving father confronting his mistreatment of his son, these stories interweave a recurring cast of neighborhood characters, many of them in search of escape or release. Lauded for its empathetic portrayals of communities often ignored, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue won a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award it was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award as one of the best collections published in English worldwide. A new foreword by author and activist Cherrí e Moraga gives testament to Muñoz's status as "the cartographer of a people."

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Northwestern University Press
Medarbetare:Cherríe Moraga
ISBN:9780810148871

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Mer om författaren

Manuel Munoz is celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California's Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, Zigzagger, in 2 3, and are delighted to announce that reprints of his second story collection and his novel will be joining the acclaimed TriQuarterly imprint. Each reissue includes a foreword that celebrates the enduring, empathic power of Muñoz's fiction.Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in Best American Short Stories and, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, and Freeman's. A native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson.

Recensioner i media

"Moving and tender . . . Muñoz writes elegantly and sympathetically a softly glowing, melancholy beauty that makes [his stories] universal." - The New York Times Book Review "Ten superbly grounded stories . . . Fine storytelling that achieves universality while remaining rooted in a particular time and place." - Kirkus (starred review)

Innehållsförteckning

Lindo y Querido Bring Brang Brung The Heart Finds Its Own Conclusion When You Come into Your Kingdom Tell Him About Brother John Ida y Vuelta Señ or X The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera The Good Brother The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue