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Zusatztext "[A] jittery! caffeinated! dazzling collection with a poignant center. The characters! straddling Filipino and American traditions! will charm you with their wit and devastate you with their loneliness. And in addition to being quirky and moving! the eight stories unfold beautifully in language that evokes?Junot Diaz." Informationen zum Autor Lysley Tenorio is the author of the novel The Son of Good Fortune and the story collection Monstress , named a book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle . He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bogliasco Foundation. His stories have appeared in the Atlantic , Zoetrope: All-Story , and Ploughshares , and have been adapted for the stage by The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Ma-Yi Theater in New York City. He is a professor at Saint Mary’s College of California. Klappentext Monstress introduces a bold new writer who explores the clash and meld of disparate cultures. In the National Magazine Award-nominated title story, a has-been movie director and his reluctant leading lady travel from Manila to Hollywood for one last chance at stardom, unaware of what they truly stand to lose. In "Felix Starro," a famous Filipino faith healer and his grandson conduct an illicit business in San Francisco, though each has his own plans for their earnings. And after the Beatles reject an invitation from Imelda Marcos for a Royal Command Performance, an aging bachelor attempts to defend her honor by recruiting his three nephews to attack the group at the Manila International Airport in "Help." Lysley Tenorio reveals the lives of people on the outside looking in with rare skill, humor, and deep understanding, in stories framed by tense, fascinating dichotomies—tenderness and power, the fantastical and the realistic, the familiar and the strange. Breathtakingly original, Monstress marks the arrival of a singular new voice in American fiction. Zusammenfassung “The debut of an electric literary talent. Brilliantly quirky! often moving! always gorgeously told….Bravo for this fabulous American fiction!” —Chang-Rae Lee! New York Times bestselling author of Native Speaker “A wonderful story collection that’s as wide and rich and complex as the geography it spans.” — Ben Fountain! PEN/Hemingway award-winning author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevera “Tenorio is a deep and original writer! and Monstress is simply a beautiful book.” —Jessica Hagedorn! author of Dogeaters A luminous collection of heartbreaking! vivid! startling! and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines! Monstress heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new talent on the literary scene: Lysley Tenorio. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize! a Whiting Writer’s Award! and a Stegner Fellowship! Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections! the melancholy of isolation! and the sometimes suffocating ties of family in tales that range from a California army base to a steamy moviehouse in Manilla! to the dangerous false glitter of Hollywood. ...
