MuÑoz's breakthrough collection, reissued with a new foreword by author Helena Mar+a Viramontes
Manuel MuÑoz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths of Mexican American literature and the image of California's Central Valley as a lush world of rural tranquility, instead exploring the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. A teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; a young farm worker attempts to hide his supervision of a group of children from the town police; a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. Experiencing conflicts of family and sexuality and the pain of loss and memory, the characters in Zigzagger seek to reconcile themselves with the rural towns of their upbringing-places that, by nature, are bordered by loneliness.
| ISBN: | 9780810148956 |
| Publication date: | 15th June 2025 |
| Author: | Manuel Muñoz |
| Publisher: | TriQuarterly Books an imprint of Northwestern University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Genres: |
Anthologies: general Shorter Reads |
MuÑoz's breakthrough collection, reissued with a new foreword by author Helena Mar+a Viramontes Manuel MuÑoz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths of Mexican American literature and the image of California's Central Valley as a lush world of rural tranquility, instead exploring the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. A teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; a young farm worker attempts to hide his supervision of a group of children from the town police; a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel.
Zigzagger features in the following genres: Anthologies: general, Shorter Reads
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Zigzagger was written by Manuel Muñoz and published by TriQuarterly Books an imprint of Northwestern University Press
Zigzagger has 184 pages