The Tombstone Race

Stories
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-8263-5627-7
Verlag: University of New Mexico Press

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

A teenager accused of homicide finds little support from his family or community. A woman in a conservative town must find ways to protect her gay brother from their militaristic mother. A graduate student discovers that his research has been stolen, probably by the same street gang he has been studying. A former police officer, fired for shooting a deranged man, patrols his own neighborhood. Set in places as diverse as Fort Sumner, Taos, Chimayó, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Clovis, the fourteen stories in The Tombstone Race explore the surprising connections and disjunctions between rich and poor, urban and rural, old and new, ugly and beautiful. Based in part on the author’s experiences as a Spanish/English interpreter in the criminal courts of New Mexico, Skinner’s stories navigate the state’s changing cultures with humor and heart.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Skinner, José

Über Autor(innen)

Jose Skinner is the author of Flight and Other Stories, a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and the former director of the MFA program in creative writing at the University of Texas-Pan American. He lives in Austin, Texas, USA.