| The Water Museum Lib/E: Stories Contributor(s): Urrea, Luis Alberto (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1478986468 ISBN-13: 9781478986461 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $69.29 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 6.1" (0.55 lbs) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes The Water Museum, a collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called wickedly good (Kansas City Star), cinematic and charged (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and studded with delights (Chicago Tribune). Examining the borders between nations and between people, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-winning Amapola and his now classic Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses, which had the honor of being chosen two times for National Public Radio's Selected Shorts. Suffused with wanderlust, compassion, and no small amount of rock and roll, The Water Museum is a collection that confirms Luis Alberto Urrea as an American master. |
Contributor Bio(s): Urrea, Luis Alberto: - Luis Alberto Urrea, 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction and member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, is a prolific and acclaimed writer who uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss, and triumph. Winner of a Lannan Literary Award and Christopher Award, he is also the recipient of an American Book Award, the Kiriyama Prize, the National Hispanic Cultural Center's Literary Award, a Western States Book Award, a Colorado Book Award, an Edgar Award, and a citation of excellence from the American Library Association. He is a member of the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. Born in Tijuana, Mexico, to a Mexican father and an American mother, he has published extensively in all the major genres. The critically acclaimed and bestselling author of over a dozen books, he has won numerous awards for his poetry, fiction, and essays. After serving as a relief worker in Tijuana and a film extra and columnist-editor-cartoonist for several publications, he moved to Boston, where he taught expository writing and fiction workshops at Harvard. He has also taught at Massachusetts Bay Community College and the University of Colorado and was the writer in residence at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago. |