{"product_id":"monstress-9780062059567","title":"Monstress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The debut of an electric literary talent. Brilliantly quirky, often moving, always gorgeously told....Bravo for this fabulous American fiction \"\u003cbr\u003e--Chang-Rae Lee, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eNative Speaker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A wonderful story collection that's as wide and rich and complex as the geography it spans.\"\u003cbr\u003e-- Ben Fountain, PEN\/Hemingway award-winning author of \u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters with Che Guevera\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tenorio is a deep and original writer, and \u003cem\u003eMonstress\u003c\/em\u003e is simply a beautiful book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jessica Hagedorn, author of \u003cem\u003eDogeaters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines, \u003cem\u003eMonstress\u003c\/em\u003e heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new talent on the literary scene: Lysley Tenorio. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writer's Award, and a Stegner Fellowship, Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections, the melancholy of isolation, and the sometimes suffocating ties of family in tales that range from a California army base to a steamy moviehouse in Manilla, to the dangerous false glitter of Hollywood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenorio, Lysley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLysley Tenorio\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel \u003cem\u003eThe Son of Good Fortune \u003c\/em\u003eand the story collection \u003cem\u003eMonstress\u003c\/em\u003e, named a book of the year by the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Whiting Award, a Stegner fellowship, and the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the Bogliasco Foundation. His stories have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/em\u003e, and have been adapted for the stage by The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and the Ma-Yi Theater in New York City. He is a professor at Saint Mary's College of California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50526771937554,"sku":"9780062059567","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_20f3fd03-10f8-4794-bfcc-a66b081749e6.jpg?v=1737232446","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/monstress-9780062059567","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}