| The Magic of Blood Contributor(s): Gilb, Dagoberto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802133991 ISBN-13: 9780802133991 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1994 Annotation: The winner of PEN's Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award presents a lovely, heartbreaking, finely crafted collection of stories about the poor and working-class in America's Southwest. "As unexpectedly beguiling and unforgettable as the arid stretches between their settings in El Paso and Los Angeles".--Library Journal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94004315 |
| Lexile Measure: 1030 |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.7" W x 9.44" (0.95 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dagoberto Gilb is a powerful and important new talent in American fiction. Fresh, funny, relentless, beautifully crafted, his writing possesses that rare Chekhovian ability to perfectly capture the nuances of ordinary life-and make it resonate with unexpected meaning. The Magic of Blood is his unforgettable first book. |