{"product_id":"new-testaments-stories-9780872869318","title":"New Testaments: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn \u003c\/i\u003eNPR \u003ci\u003eBest Book of the Year!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Southwest Book of the Year!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eA \u003c\/i\u003eTexas Observer \u003ci\u003eBook of the Year!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStories of working-class Mexican America, penned by one of the contemporary legends of Chicanx literature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gilb's familiar signature intimacy brings us face to face with marginal housing, gritty and exhausting jobs, street people, sex, earthquakes, fouled air, physical handicaps, racism. . . . Some of the stories are sidewinders: at first they indicate layers of something juicy and sweet but turn out to pierce the reader with painful splinters of insight.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAnnie Proulx, author of\u003cem\u003e \"Brokeback Mountain\"\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Shipping News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDagoberto Gilb's latest cast of characters includes a young family whose exposure to a mysterious cloud of gas alters their lives forever; a high school dropout whose choice to learn the ways of the world from the adults at work leads him into a dangerous dalliance; a former high-rise carpenter who meets up with an eager old flame; an aging Chicano, living alone, whose children watch over him for signs of decline; and more. Gilb's distinct narrative voice offers his readers a warm welcome as he peels back the surface of everyday life to seamlessly guide us into realms of of myth and fable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16814521\"\u003eDagoberto Gilb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872869318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872869318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056030\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | Family Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056100\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | Urban \u0026amp; Street Lit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDagoberto Gilb\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Magic of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoodcuts of Women\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGritos\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flowers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBefore the End, After the Beginning\u003c\/i\u003e. In October 2024, two new books by Gilb will be published: \u003cem\u003eA Passing West: Essays from the Borderland\u003c\/em\u003e with the University of New Mexico Press, and \u003cem\u003eNew Testaments: Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, with City Lights Publishers. Among his honors are the PEN\/Hemingway Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Whiting Writers Award. His work has been a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle and PEN\/Faulkner Awards and has been honored several times in Texas as a proud part of its literary tradition. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO'Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and much of it widely reprinted in textbooks. He is the founder of \u003ci\u003eHuizache\u003c\/i\u003e, a groundbreaking literary magazine that features Latino writing. Born and raised in Los Angeles by his Mexican mother, he now lives in both Austin and Mexico City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48454810468589,"sku":"9780872869318","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_b6628bf4-6870-4660-b81c-9bc2a0700efa.jpg?v=1753508431","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/new-testaments-stories-9780872869318","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}