The conquered sits at the bus stop, waiting : stories / Veronica Montes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montes, Veronica, author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filipino Americans--Literary collections.

Filipino Americans.

American literature--Filipino American authors.

American literature.

Short stories--21st century.

Short stories.

Essays--21st century.

Essays.

American poetry--21st century.

American poetry.

Poetry, Modern--21st century.

Poetry, Modern.

Genre:

Literary collections.

Short stories.

Literature.

Physical Description:

17 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Black Lawrence Press, 2020.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Conquered Sits at the Bus Stop, Waiting

The Sound of Her Voice

Lint Trap

Madaling Araw

Interlude: The Ocean of Tears

The Man Who Came from an Island Where Everyone Knows How to Sing

The 38 Geary Express

Ruby.

ISBN:

9781625578402

1625578407

OCLC:

1196839455

Publisher Number:

99986845506