Night at the Fiestas
Subtitle: stories
By: Kirstin Valdez Quade
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780393242980
Work titles: Short stories
Description: A collection of ten stories that "plunge us into the fierce, troubled hearts of characters defined by the desire to escape the past or else to plumb its depths. The deadbeat father of a pregnant teenager tries to transform his life by playing the role of Jesus in a bloody penitential Passion. A young man discovers that his estranged father and a boa constrictor have been squatting in his grandmother's empty house. A lonely retiree new to Santa Fe becomes obsessed with her housekeeper ... Always hopeful, these stories chart the passions and obligations of family life, exploring themes of race, class, and coming-of-age" --Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: Nemecia --; title: Mojave rats --; title: The five wounds --; title: Night at the fiestas --; title: The guesthouse --; title: Family reunion --; title: Jubilee --; title: Ordinary sins --; title: Canute commands the tides -; title: The Manzanos.