Libro There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories De Reyes Jr, Ruben

portada There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Ruben Reyes Jr

Editorial

Mariner Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

240

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Peso

0.45 kg.

ISBN13

9780063336278

Categorías

La cultura hispanohablante y latinoamericana en estados unidos
Ficción literaria
Realismo mágico
Historias cortas

There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories

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Reseña del libro "There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories"

"Ruben Reyes Jr. has announced himself here in impressive fashion. This wonderful debut collection displays a virtuosic fictional range." --Jamel BrinkleyAn electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.An ordinary man wakes one morning to discover he's a famous reggaetón star. An aging abuela slowly morphs into a marionette puppet. A struggling academic discovers the horrifying cost of becoming a Self-Made Man.In There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, Ruben Reyes Jr. conjures strange dreamlike worlds to explore what we would do if we woke up one morning and our lives were unrecognizable. Boundaries between the past, present, and future are blurred. Menacing technology and unchecked bureaucracy cut through everyday life with uncanny dread. The characters, from mango farmers to popstars to ex-guerilla fighters to cyborgs, are forced to make uncomfortable choices--choices that not only mean life or death, but might also allow them to be heard in a world set on silencing the voices of Central Americans.Blazing with heart, humor, and inimitable style, There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven subverts everything we think we know about migration and its consequences, capturing what it means to take up a new life--whether willfully or forced--with piercing and brilliant clarity. A gifted new storyteller and trailblazing stylist, Reyes not only transports to other worlds but alerts us to the heartache and injustice of our own.