Our Lady of the Artichokes and Other Portuguese-American Stories (The Raz/shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction)

Vaz, Katherine

Bison Original（2008/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 277 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780803217904
• DDC分類 FIC

Full Description

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.
 
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.

Contents

Taking a Stitch in a Dead Man's ArmAll Riptides Roar with Sand from Opposing Shores Our Lady of the ArtichokesMy Bones Here Are Waiting for YoursThe Man Who Was Made of NettingThe Knife Longs for the Ruby The Mandarin QuestionLisbon Story