Status
Available
Publication
Cleis Press (1994), Edition: 1st, 160 pages
Description
Achy Obejas writes stories about uprooted people. Some, like herself, are Latino immigrants and lesbians; others are men (gay and straight), people with AIDS, addicts, people living marginally, just surviving. As omniscient narrator to her characters' lives, Obejas generously delves into her own memories of exile and alienation to tell stories about women and men who struggle for wholeness and love.
User reviews
LibraryThing member lilithcat
Who could resist a book with a title like this? Not me. And I'm so glad I didn't. This was my introduction to Achy Obejas' work, other than reviews and columns for the Chicago Tribune. Cuban-born, Obejas came to this country as a young girl and was raised in Chicago. Like all writers, her life, as
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the daughter of immigrants, as a woman who loves women, as a struggling writer, becomes fodder for her work. She molds it well. Funny, sentimental, angry, all the things life makes you, are here. Show Less
Subjects
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — Small Press — 1994)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1998
Physical description
160 p.; 5.52 inches
ISBN
093941693X / 9780939416936
Local notes
fiction