Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature [Kindle Edition]

Cristina Garcia (Author)

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Adult/High School—This outstanding anthology includes a variety of literary forms (poems, essays, short stories, excerpts from novels) and cuts across time to present both early influences and contemporary pieces. Authors include earlier masters (Alfonso Reyes, Juan Rulfo), contemporary greats (Octavio Paz, Carlos Fuentes), Chicana/o voices (Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya, Ruben Martínez), and new Mexican authors who are becoming internationally known (Carlos Monsiváis, Coral Bracho). Not surprisingly, many of the selections deal with questions of identity and allegiance. Garcia's excellent introduction gives valuable background on the authors and their work.—Sandy Freund, Patrick Henry Library, Fairfax County, VA
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Migration is on the rise all around the globe, transforming cultures on both sides of every border. But perhaps no dividing line is more highly charged than the one between Mexico and the U.S. As the two worlds commingle, literature becomes an essential medium for engendering empathy and understanding. Novelist Garcia has created an anthology that is timeless in its artistry and timely in its topic. This vital and defining collection of poetry, fiction, and essays begins with four "masters who . . . left an unmistakable imprint on Mexican literature." Garcia then samples more current if equally revered Mexican writers, including Octavio Paz and Elena Poniatowska, Chicano writers Richard Rodriguez and Jimmy Santiago Baca, and Chicana writers Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, followed by emerging Mexican writers. Each selection is distinct and resonant, tapping into deep and fluid truths and shaping a coalescing literary realm. To quote Coral Bracho, "On the border an abyss of tones, of sharp clarity, of forms. / One should enter lightly, darkly that instant of dance." Donna Seaman
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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 742 KB
• Print Length: 302 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1400077184
• Publisher: Vintage (January 21, 2009)
• Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B001PSEQBK
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,768 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

NOTE TO READERS: If you'd like your copy of The Lady Matador's Hotel signed and/or dedicated, please message me through my website and I'll let you know where to send the book(s). Book clubs welcome! Return postage on me. Ole!

Cristina García is the author of five novels: Dreaming in Cuban, The Agüero Sisters, Monkey Hunting, A Handbook to Luck, and The Lady Matador's Hotel.
García has edited two anthologies, Cubanísimo: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Cuban Literature and Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicano/a Literature. Two works for young readers, The Dog Who Loved the Moon, and I Wanna Be Your Shoebox were published in 2008. A collection of poetry, The Lesser Tragedy of Death, was recently published by Akashic Press. Her new young adult novel, Dreams of Significant Girls, will be published in July 2011.

García's work has been nominated for a National Book Award and translated into a dozen languages. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers' Award, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton University, and an NEA grant, among others. She has taught literature and writing at numerous universities and divides her time between Texas and northern New Mexico. Please visit her website at www.cristinagarcianovelist.com.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Addition to Read about Mexicans, September 12, 2009

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This review is from: Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature (Paperback)

Got this book for Mexican History & Culture Course. Pretty good additions with the other two books read in the course.

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No speech-to-text. . .No sale, December 18, 2010

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This review is from: Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature (Kindle Edition)

I would love to buy this.
The text-to-speech, however, is disabled.
What a pity! I will look elsewhere.