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PublisherLittle Brown & Company

ISBN-100316334391

ISBN-139780316334396

eBay Product ID (ePID)217146238

Product Key Features

Book TitleWater Museum : Stories

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicHispanic & Latino, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary

GenreFiction

AuthorLuis Alberto Urrea

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.1 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"All 13 stories are realistic and unsparing, as unflinching and hard-hitting as they are beautiful. It's difficult to find comparisons to an author as original as Urrea, a kind of literary badass who still believes in love. The Water Museum is a brilliant, powerful collection, and Luis Alberto Urrea is a master storyteller with a rock and roll heart." -- NPR.org

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisThis hard-hitting, beautiful short story collection from one of America's preeminent literary voices "reflect[s] both sides of his Mexican-American heritage while stretching the reader's understanding of human boundaries" ( Kirkus ). Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice. 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., From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story 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 one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice. 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., NAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Washington Post , BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus Reviews , NPR, Men's Journal 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 a new story 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 one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice. 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.

LC Classification NumberPS3571.R74