The conquered sits at the bus stop, waiting
Subtitle: stories
By: Veronica Montes
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: [New York, NY]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 17
ISBN-13: 9781625578402
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Filipino Americans; Literary collections; American literature; Filipino American authors; Short stories; Essays; American poetry; Modern Poetry
Work titles: Short stories
Description: In this new collection of flash fiction, Veronica Montes conducts an intimate exploration of the interior lives of eight women searching for voice and agency. Sometimes bewildered by their circumstances, sometimes determined to change them, Montes' characters are driven by desire and despair and a thirst for transformation. They are silenced; they are enraged.  Throughout the course of these eight poignant glimpses, a woman contemplates her aging body through the whorls of her hair. A routine morning doing laundry inspires viral and violent dreams. A grieving daughter undertakes a difficult journey. A married couple fails to communicate, while a young couple learns the language of sex. Sun rises on a bed of broken glass. Montes' spare, compelling prose magnifies the power that small moments hold as we make and re-make our notions of self. This is an unflinching new collection from a rising voice in fiction. --|cAmazon.com
Table of contents: title: The conquered sits at the bus stop, waiting; title: The sound of her voice; title: Lint trap; title: Madaling Araw; title: Interlude: the ocean of tears; title: The man who came from an island where everyone knows how to sing; title: The 38 Geary express; title: Ruby.