| Kafka in a Skirt: Stories from the Wall Contributor(s): Chacón, Daniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 081653991X ISBN-13: 9780816539918 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| LCCN: 2018054038 |
| Series: Camino del Sol |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.3" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is not your ordinary short story collection. In his newest work, Daniel Chac n subverts expectation and bends the rules of reality to create stories that are intriguing, hilarious, and deeply rooted in Chicano culture. These stories explore the concept of a wall that reaches beyond our immediate thoughts of a towering physical structure. While Chac n aims to address the partition along the U.S.-Mexico border, he also uses these stories to work through the intangible walls that divide communities and individuals--particularly those who straddle multiple cultures in their daily lives. Set in El Paso and other Latinx-dominant urban spaces, Kafka in a Skirt is an immersive look into the myriad lives of the characters who inhabit these culturally diverse areas. Chac n masterfully weaves elements of the surreal and fantastic through a shining tapestry of fiction, creating moments of touching realism in contrast with scenes that are fascinatingly unfamiliar. Occasionally teasing the ghosts of Jorge Luis Borges and the Argentine poet Alejandra Pizarnik, this collection disregards boundaries and transports readers into a world merely parallel to our own. Kafka in a Skirt unravels the intricacies of culture, sexuality, love, and loneliness in a collection that shows the personal implications of barriers while remaining hopeful and bright. |