{"product_id":"zigzagger-stories-paperback-softback-9780810148956","title":"Zigzagger; Stories (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810148956","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStories\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eManuel Muñoz (Author), Helena María Viramontes (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810148956\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 June 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e184 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e is a book to read if you want to see another California, one that might be unfamiliar but is home to millions. It heralds the arrival of a gifted and sensitive writer.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\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 \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e Foreword \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ANCHORED \u003cbr\u003e Zigzagger \u003cbr\u003e The Third Myth \u003cbr\u003e TiburÓ\u003cbr\u003en \u003cbr\u003e Museo de Bellas Artes \u003cbr\u003e The Unimportant Lila Parr \u003cbr\u003e Swallow \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e NO BLOOD \u003cbr\u003e Campo \u003cbr\u003e The Wooden Boat \u003cbr\u003e Loco \u003cbr\u003e By the Time You Get There, By the Time You Get Back \u003cbr\u003e Anchorage \u003cbr\u003e Astilla \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e WAITING TO BE DANGEROUS \u003cbr\u003e Not Nevada \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Fotito \u003cbr\u003e Waiting to be Dangerous \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Zapatos \u003cbr\u003e Good as Yesterday \u003cbr\u003e Everything the Boy Told You  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e THE HARBOR OF HANDS \u003cbr\u003e Hombres \u003cbr\u003e Skyshot \u003cbr\u003e Teatro JaponÉ\u003cbr\u003es \u003cbr\u003e Monkey, SÍ\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Clima\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Triquarterly","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555668160792,"sku":"9780810148956","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/zigzagger-stories-paperback-softback-9780810148956","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}