In This World of Ultraviolet Light - Couverture souple

Palma, Raul

 
9780253064868: In This World of Ultraviolet Light
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0253064864 ISBN 13 : 9780253064868
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2023

Synopsis

"These are new Cubans. Twenty-first-century Marielitos. Balseros, as the bartender had referred to them. I know, because my mom tells me that these are the kinds of Cubans I need to stay away from."

In eight captivating stories, In This World of Ultraviolet Light-winner of the 2021 Don Belton Prize-navigates tensions between Cubans, Cuban Americans, and the larger Latinx community. Though these stories span many locations-from a mulch manufacturing facility on the edge of Big Cypress National Preserve to the borderlands between Georgia and the Carolinas-they are overshadowed by an obsession with Miami as a place that exists in the popular imagination. Beyond beaches and palm trees, Raul Palma goes off the beaten path to portray everyday people clinging to their city and struggling to find cultural grounding. As Anjali Sachdeva writes, "This is fiction to steal the breath of any reader, from any background."

Boldly interrogating identity, the discomfort of connection, and the entanglement of love and cruelty, In This World of Ultraviolet Light is a nuanced collection of stories that won't let you go.

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À propos de l?auteur

Raul Palma is author of A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens. He earned his PhD in English at the University of Nebraska, with a specialization in ethnic studies. He lives in Ithaca, New York.

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Éditeur
Indiana University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0253064864
ISBN 13 
9780253064868
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
132
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