epub | 13.4 MB | English | Isbn:9780063336414 | Author: Ruben Reyes Jr. | Year: 2024
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There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories "Ruben Reyes Jr. is a wonder." — Héctor Tobar
"These are stories to treasure and ponder, long after the last page has been turned." —Xochitl Gonzalez
An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.
An ordinary man wakes one morning to discover he's a famous reggaetón star. An aging abuela slowly morphs into a marionette puppet. A struggling academic discovers the horrifying cost of becoming a Self-Made Man.
In There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, Ruben Reyes Jr. conjures strange dreamlike worlds to explore what we would do if we woke up one morning and our lives were unrecognizable. Boundaries between the past, present, and future are blurred. Menacing technology and unchecked bureaucracy cut through everyday life with uncanny dread. The characters, from mango farmers to popstars to ex-guerilla fighters to cyborgs, are forced to make uncomfortable choices—choices that not only mean life or death, but might also allow them to be heard in a world set on silencing the voices of Central Americans.
Blazing with heart, humor, and inimitable style, There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven subverts everything we think we know about migration and its consequences, capturing what it means to take up a new life—whether willfully or forced—with piercing and brilliant clarity. A gifted new storyteller and trailblazing stylist, Reyes not only transports to other worlds but alerts us to the heartache and injustice of our own.
Category:Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction Subjects, Peoples & Cultures - Fiction, Short Stories, Humorous Fiction, Politics & Social Issues - Fiction, Hispanic Americans - Fiction & Literature, Literary Styles & Movements - Fiction, Other Science Fiction Categories, Short Story Collections, Visionary & Metaphysical Fiction, Absurdist Fiction, Diversity & Multiculturalism - Fiction, Latinos - General - Fiction, Magic Realism, Political Fiction, Satire, Science Fiction->General, Short Story Collections (by a Single Author), Visionary & Metaphysical
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