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Acclaimed Chicano writer Gilb's collection of short stories set in the American Southwest won the PEN Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award. $35,000 ad/promo. Author tour.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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These plain-spoken stories take readers to construction sites and cheap rentals where chronically underemployed, necessarily mobile, struggling yet optimistic Texas Mexicans survive in an ungenerous world. Skilled laborers and tenuous families come alive in the undramatic settings and seethe with the blood and passion that transform ordinary events into the stuff of stories. In "Nancy Flores," a breathtaking depiction of first love flows into the enigmatically sordid fall of a youthful hero. "Winners on the Pass Line" pairs the fates of two restless visitors to Las Vegas who connect briefly and profoundly. Gilb's lesser stories meander into facile or abrupt endings, but the best are as unexpectedly beguiling and unforgettable as the arid stretches between their settings in El Paso and Los Angeles. Recommended for public libraries and area collections.
- Janet Ingraham, Worthington P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press (June 4, 1994)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802133991
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802133991
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #553,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gritty, Real, Articulate, May 24, 2000
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Gilb's collection of short stories detail the lives of working class people (not heroes, per se) in a very true to life fashion. I can almost picture Mr. Gilb working with his hands on a high rise or on some odd job, observing what was going on around him and in his own life, preparing to write about what he saw and felt. His stories read that way, and I very much enjoyed this book each time I read it. For the record, the working class Mexican-American friends I have given this book to tell me it is authentic. A corporate suit wouldn't have been able to write it, and thank God Mr. Gilb is not a corporate suit. Hooray for the common man who thinks!
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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Even your Pops Will Love These Stories, September 21, 1999
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i'm reading gilb's book and i think it's incredible how good it is to read. "nancy flores" man i just loved her!! it was like he gets it all the whole experience of being young and in love with all of our first girlfriends. !!amor por vida!! i still lvoe her and i'm sick about it just like he is. and "romeros shirt" reminded me of my papi and it made me understand him and su vida and his work, he's in construction and he's got this old 55 he polishes (i even going to give this book to him to read and i think he's going to like to read it. and he won't read nothng!) check out "down in the west texsa town" which is killer about junkys. should I go on. yeah there was also "holywood" which is funny and so is "al in phoenix" about this mechanic who keeps working working working. really, this is good and it inspires me. i liked too many stories, i checked out this site because I want buy other books by him. i met him in austin and he's not rude! he's really funny and a good dude and esay to talk to, i liked him alot a bunch of people we're hanging out with him and he's a totally alright. a good writer, he's one of us, he's real.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Stories, March 22, 2000
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i read "The Magic of Blood" because my mom told me to read an article the author wrote in the new yorker magazine a week ago. it was so wonderful, so moving and beautful to read. i couldn't stop reading. it was so sad, and so honest. i went to the bookstore and bought these stories in this collection. they are so good too, I just had to look for more of his books. I haven't even finished them all yet, but I am so happy I discovered this writer. especially read "Nancy Flores". almost as good as the new yorker article.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Finely Crafted, Hits You in the Gut
I first read this marvelous collection of stories on a road trip back in the late 90s, reading them aloud while my then-girlfriend drove. Read more
Published 16 months ago by trueintaiwan

5.0 out of 5 stars Dagoberto!
Daboberto Gilb does not dish out weak soup -- he makes you drink blood.
He sets you up like a wild prairie grass fire and as you lay on the scortched ground fried, blackened... Read more
Published on October 18, 2007 by Frank Matheis

5.0 out of 5 stars Working men . . .
Gilb is one of a kind. I don't remember reading stories like this before. They capture the lives and inner worlds of men who make a living as construction workers, day laborers,... Read more
Published on June 26, 2006 by Ronald Scheer

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical and REal
Dagoberto Gilb has a magical style. The stories in Magic of Blood are some of the best I've read by a current Latino author. They capture reality. Read more
Published on May 31, 2006 by Augie

4.0 out of 5 stars More than meets the eye
For the reviewers who think the stories in The Magic of Blood are meaningless and boring, all I can say is that you don't get the stories. Read more
Published on October 20, 2005 by JackOfMostTrades

1.0 out of 5 stars Rather talentless
Not unlike many Chicano, Latino or Mexican-American writers, Gilb is culturally illiterate, in both English and Spanish. Read more
Published on September 21, 2002 by Mark Seeba

1.0 out of 5 stars Most Likely the Worst Book I've Ever Read
I'm the sort of person that reads a lot of books. (I read 8 books over this christmas vacation) When we got an assignment in english class to read a book by a latino author with a... Read more
Published on December 30, 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Average Stories by Rude Writer
The stories in this collection are okay -- glimpes into the lives of working-class Mexican-Americans -- but are nothing more than okay. I have met Mr. Read more
Published on September 8, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Work
Sometimes you come across a book that can change the way you see things. I am not a Latino or from the Southwest, but I come from a family of construction workers. Read more
Published on May 12, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars great book!
If I could give this more stars I would. The best book of stories about working people I've read ever. And Mexican American. I can't wait to read more by this guy. Read more
Published on March 30, 1999

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