Mundo Cruel: Stories by Negron, Luis, Negraon, Luis (2013) Paperback

NEGRON, LUIS

ISBN 10: 9874647485 ISBN 13: 9789874647481

Publisher: SIGILO, 2014

Synopsis

Nine short stories open a door onto working class Santurce, Puerto Rico, where shoddy medical offices, Catholic churches, Mormon temples, and Santeria storefronts line the sunbaked streets. Here, a bumbling prostitute-turned-fugitive bewilderingly avoids capture. Back-biting mothers hand down judgment on their neighbors and the world from their front lawns. A desperate dog-owner will do anything to have his precious animal sent to a taxidermist. A young Chosen One with a curious gift helps his fellow parishioners find God.

Mundo Cruel, Luis Negron's debut book, elegantly presents to its readers a world both tragic and outrageous. Masterfully satirical with a discrete solemnity at its core, Mundo Cruel's most remarkable element is its language. Several of its stories feature unnamed protagonists brought to life by their speech--colloquial, self-incriminating, and idiosyncratic--revealing Negron's talent for conjuring the spoken word in all its subtlety.

Edition details

• Publisher: SIGILO
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN 10: 9874647485
• ISBN 13: 9789874647481
• Binding: Unknown Binding