num_pages: 304
description: Dagoberto Gilb is a powerful and important new talent in American fiction. Fresh, funny, relentless, beautifully crafted, his writing possesses that rare Chekhovian ability to perfectly capture the nuances of ordinary life–and make it resonate with unexpected meaning. The Magic of Blood is his unforgettable first book.
language: English
title: The Magic of Blood
titlecomplete: The Magic of Blood
genres: American, Banned Books, Own, Short Stories, Read For School, Fiction, Modern
ratings_count: 253
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel
publisher: Grove Press