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Availability:In StockContributor:Carla CrujidoPublish date:2023-10-24Pages:202
Language:EnglishPublisher:Chin MusicISBN-13:9781634050531ISBN-10:1634050533UPC:9781634050531Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Fantasy, LiteraryBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.50 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJCWZEWVD
From debut fiction writer Carla Crujido comes a delicately intertwined, fairytale-inspired collection of short stories.

Part vivid historical drama, part melancholy fever dream, The Strange Beautiful centers on Mount Vernon Apartments in Spokane, Washington, offering a glimpse into the lives of ten tenants over a period of one hundred years.

In the opening story, "The Songbird," we meet the building's caretaker, a WWI veteran trying to rebuild his life amidst the Spanish flu pandemic. In "The Telephone," a 21st-century poet's longing for a bygone era nurtures a friendship that transcends time. A 1930s department store mannequin navigates the challenges of womanhood in the surreal, darkly humorous tale, "The Mannequin." And in "The Suitcase," an exhausted woman scrambles to tidy up her boyfriend's unprocessed emotions, which have materialized inside boxes all over the apartment.

As we witness the quiet but fraught moments of the tenants' everyday lives, these uncanny narratives create a world that is at once familiar and fantastic. A striking portrait of a city not often depicted in literature, The Strange Beautiful leads us through the streets of Spokane and the similarly evolving internal landscapes of these ten characters. Crujido's masterful storytelling shows us how a single place can hold a myriad of histories, how our lives are interconnected with strangers, and how our collective tales are forever repeating.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Chin MusicISBN-13:9781634050531ISBN-10:1634050533UPC:9781634050531Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Short Stories (single author), Fantasy, LiteraryBook Topic:HistoricalSize:7.50 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCJCWZEWVD
Carla Crujido is the Nonfiction Editor at River Styx Magazine. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Arts and has had work published in Crazyhorse, Yellow Medicine Review, Ricepaper Magazine, Tinfish Press, The Ana, and elsewhere. She lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Publisher: Chin Music

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