Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories

Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 167
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ISBN-10 : 9780803217904
ISBN-13 : 0803217900
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Book Synopsis Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories by : Katherine Vaz

Download or read book Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories written by Katherine Vaz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this prize-winning collection evoke a complete world, one so richly imagined and finely realized that the stories themselves are not so much read as experienced. The world of these stories is Portuguese-American, redolent of incense and spices, resonant with ritual and prayer, immersed in the California culture of freeway and commerce. Packed with lyrical prose and vivid detail, acclaimed writer Katherine Vaz conjures a captivating blend of Old World heritage and New World culture to explore the links between families, friends, strangers, and their world. ø From the threat of a serial killer as the background for a young girl?s first brush with death to the fallout of a modern-day visitation from the Virgin Mary; from an AIDS-stricken squatter refusing to vacate an empty Lisbon home to a mother?s yearlong struggle with the death of her synesthetic daughter, these deft stories make their world ours.


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