{"product_id":"zigzagger-stories-9780810148956","title":"Zigzagger: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eMuñoz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e breakthrough collection, reissued with a new foreword by author Helena María Viramontes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Manuel Muñoz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths of Mexican American literature and the image of California's Central Valley as a lush world of rural tranquility, instead exploring the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. A teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; a young farm worker attempts to hide his supervision of a group of children from the town police; a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. Experiencing conflicts of family and sexuality and the pain of loss and memory, the characters in \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e seek to reconcile themselves with the rural towns of their upbringing--places that, by nature, are bordered by loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMANUEL MUÑOZ \u003c\/b\u003eis celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California's Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2003, and are delighted to announce that reprints of his second story collection and his novel will be joining the acclaimed TriQuarterly imprint. Each reissue includes a foreword that celebrates the enduring, empathic power of Muñoz's fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eFreeman's. \u003c\/i\u003eA native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Triquarterly Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346319573266,"sku":"9780810148956","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_24550510-b6ce-499d-b112-e4537d136840.jpg?v=1749041508","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/zigzagger-stories-9780810148956","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}