Painting Their Portraits in Winter

Painting Their Portraits in Winter
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Publisher : Manic D Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9781933149943
ISBN-13 : 1933149949
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Book Synopsis Painting Their Portraits in Winter by : Myriam Gurba

Download or read book Painting Their Portraits in Winter written by Myriam Gurba and published by Manic D Press. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this artfully crafted collection of new short stories by award-winning author Myriam Gurba, nothing is as it seems on the surface. A Mexican grandmother tells creepy yet fascinating ghost stories to her granddaughters as a way to make them sit still ("How Some Abuelitas Keep Their Chicana Granddaughters Still So That They Can Paint Their Portraits in Winter"). A Polish grandfather spends the night in a Mexican graveyard after a Día de Muertos celebration to discover if ghosts really do consume the food that has been left for them ("Even This Title Is a Ghost"). Unforgettable characters inhabit these cross-border tales filled with introspection and longing, as modern sensibilities weave and wind through traditional folktales creating a new kind of magical realism that offers insights into where we come from and where we may be going. A native Californian, Myriam Gurba earned a BA with honors from UC–Berkeley. Her writing has been published by Manic D Press, Future Tense, City Lights, and Seal Press. Her first book, Dahlia Season, won the Publishing Triangle's Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was shortlisted for a Lambda Literary Award. She blogs often for the Rumpus and Radar Productions.


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