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The king is always above the people : stories
- Title
- The king is always above the people : stories / Daniel Alarcon.
- Author
- Alarcón, Daniel, 1977-
- Publication
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 18-737 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 240 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "A slyly political collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the award-winning author of War by Candlelight and At Night We Walk in Circles. Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarcon's hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In "The Thousands," people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in "The Bridge." A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in "The Ballad of Rocky Rontal." And in the tour de force novella, "The Auroras", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, The King is Always Above the People reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world"--
- Uniform Title
- Short stories. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Short stories.
- Subjects
- Contents
- The thousands -- The ballad of Rocky Rontal -- The king is always above the people -- Abraham Lincoln has been shot -- The provincials -- Extinct anatomies -- República and grau -- The bridge -- The lord rides a swift cloud -- The auroras.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-737
- ISBN
- 9781594631726
- 1594631727
- LCCN
- 2017016056
- OCLC
- 2017016056
- Author
- Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- author.
- Title
- The king is always above the people : stories / Daniel Alarcon.
- Publisher
- New York : Riverhead Books, 2017.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Thousands.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Ballad of Rocky Rontal.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Abraham Lincoln has been shot.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Provincials.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Extinct anatomies.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- República and grau.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Bridge.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Lord rides a swift cloud.Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- Auroras.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Alarcón, Daniel, 1977- King is always above the people New York : Riverhead Books, 2017 9781101623077 (DLC) 2017021321
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-737