The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue: Stories
Autor Manuel Muñoz Cuvânt înainte de Cherríe Moragaen Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 iun 2025
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 Cherríe Moraga gives testament to Muñoz’s status as “the cartographer of a people.”
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810148871
ISBN-10: 0810148870
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Triquarterly
ISBN-10: 0810148870
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Triquarterly
Notă biografică
MANUEL MUÑOZ is celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California’s Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, Zigzagger, in 2003, 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, andFreeman’s. A native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson.
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, andFreeman’s. A native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson.
Cuprins
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
Señor X
The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera
The Good Brother
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
Bring Brang Brung
The Heart Finds Its Own Conclusion
When You Come into Your Kingdom
Tell Him About Brother John
Ida y Vuelta
Señor X
The Comeuppance of Lupe Rivera
The Good Brother
The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue
Recenzii
“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)
“Ten superbly grounded stories . . . Fine storytelling that achieves universality while remaining rooted in a particular time and place.” —Kirkus (starred review)
Descriere
Lauded for its empathetic portrayals of communities often ignored, Muñoz’s second story collection won a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award. A new foreword by Cherríe Moraga gives testament to Muñoz’s status as “the cartographer of a people.”