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Tales from the Town of Widows

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by James Canon
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Availability:In StockContributor:James CanonPublish date:2007-12-26Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061140396ISBN-10:61140392UPC:9780061140396Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Short Stories (single author)Size:8.04 x 5.52 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDKQMWHSF

One Sunday morning, a band of guerrillas comes to Mariquita and takes all the men away, leaving behind only the priest and a fair-skinned boy disguised as a little girl. Without men, the small Colombian mountain village becomes a sinking wasteland filled with women resigned to food shortages, littered streets, and mourning. But Rosalba viuda de Pati o, wife of the former police sergeant, envisions a different future for the town of widows. Declaring herself magistrate, she promises to instill law and order, and restore the failing economy and infrastructure--and proceeds to create a utopia far greater than any revolutionary's imagined ideal society.

Deft, rich, and darkly humorous, Tales from the Town of Widows marks the arrival of an unforgettable new literary talent.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PerennialISBN-13:9780061140396ISBN-10:61140392UPC:9780061140396Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Short Stories (single author)Size:8.04 x 5.52 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCDKQMWHSF
Canon, James: -

James Cañón was born and raised in Colombia. He moved to New York to study English and later earned his MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Cañón was awarded the 2001 Henfield Prize for Excellence in Fiction. He lives in New York.

Publisher: Harper Perennial

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