The King and Queen of Comez=n

Comezón: It's more than an itch. It's a longstanding desire that will never be fulfilled. And, in this novel by award-winning author Denise Chávez, it is also a border town in New Mexico whose denizens' longings are as powerful as they are, all too often, impossible.

About the author

Denise Chávez is a performance writer, novelist, and teacher whose work celebrates the border corridor of southern New Mexico, West Texas, and northern México. Her novel Face of an Angel (1994) won the American Book Award and her The King and Queen of Comezón (2014) won the 2015 International Latino Book Award and the New Mexico-Arizona Award for fiction. Her other books include Loving Pedro Infante (2001) and A Taco Testimony: Meditations on Family, Food and Culture (2006). Chávez is director of Casa Camino Real, a cultural center, bookstore, and art gallery on the historic Camino Real in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Product details

• Authors: Denise Chavez, Denise Chávez, Denise Chßvez, Denise Chvez
• Publisher: University Of Oklahoma Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2014
• EAN: 9780806144832
• ISBN: 978-0-8061-4483-2
• Series: Chicana & Chicano Visions of t; Chicana and Chicano Visions of; Chicana & Chicano Visions of t; Chicana and Chicano Visions of the Americas Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Südamerika, Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FICTION / Coming of Age, Fiction - General, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino