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Main Author: Crucet, Jennine Capó (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City University of Iowa Press ©2009
Series:John Simmons short fiction award
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Item Description:Resurrection, or, The story behind the failure of the 2003 Radio Salsa 98.1 Semi-annual Cuban and/or Puerto Rican Heritage Festival -- - El Destino hauling -- - And in the morning, work -- - The next move -- - Animal control -- - Noche buena -- - Low tide -- - Men who punched me in the face -- - Relapsing, remitting -- - Drift -- - How to leave Hialeah
United in their fierce sense of place and infused with the fading echoes of a lost homeland, the stories in Jennine Capó Crucet's striking debut collection do for Miami what Edward P. Jones does for Washington, D.C., and what James Joyce did for Dublin: they expand our ideas and our expectations of the city by exposing its tough but vulnerable underbelly. Crucet's writing has been shaped by the people and landscapes of South Florida and by the stories of Cuba told by her parents and abuelos. Her own stories are informed by her experiences as a Cuban American woman living within and without he
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource (169 pages))
ISBN:1587298791
9781587298790

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