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The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue: Stories

The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue: Stories - Paperback

by Manuel Muñoz
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Availability:In StockContributor:Manuel Muñoz, Cherríe Moraga (Foreword by)Publish date:6/15/2025Pages:239
Language:EnglishPublisher:Triquarterly BooksISBN-13:9780810148871ISBN-10:810148870UPC:9780810148871Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino, PlacesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCD5J2SMNE
The luminous second collection that cemented Muñoz as a key voice of and for California's Central Valley

From the divergent paths of triplet brothers to a grieving father confronting his mistreatment of his son, these stories interweave a recurring cast of neighborhood characters, many of them in search of escape or release. Lauded for its empathetic portrayals of communities often ignored, The Faith Healer of Olive Avenue won a Whiting Award and an O. Henry Award; it was shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award as one of the best collections published in English worldwide. A new foreword by author and activist Cherríe Moraga gives testament to Muñoz's status as "the cartographer of a people."
Language:EnglishPublisher:Triquarterly BooksISBN-13:9780810148871ISBN-10:810148870UPC:9780810148871Book Category:Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:American, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:Hispanic & Latino, PlacesSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCD5J2SMNE
MANUEL MUÑOZ is celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California's Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, Zigzagger, 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.

Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in Best American Short Stories and, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, andFreeman's. A native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson.


Publisher: Triquarterly Books

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Manuel Muñoz, Cherríe Moraga (Foreword by)

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Manuel Muñoz

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