The Forbidden Stories of Martha Veneranda

Author: Rivera-Valdes, Sonia,Cluster, Dick
Publisher: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Category: Anthologies (non-poetry), Contemporary Fiction, Short Story Books
Book Format: Hardcover

Marta Veneranda, a Latina neoyorkina, finds that she inspires the confessional in people. In fact, when people come to her, they feel the need to reveal their most embarrassing and shameful stories. And through these reluctantly told tales, where characters enter and leave each other's narrations, Rivera-Valdes revisits and questions our most basic behavioral assumptions.

In Little Poisons, the narrator shares with Marta the minutiae of her self-help book-assisted liberation from her philandering husband, whom she will eventually poison to death, and whose mistress she will befriend: In the fifteen years of marriage he would tell me everything, even about his sexual escapades-if he couldn't share them with me, who would he share them with? Besides, that way no one could come running to me spreading rumors.

Beneath the humor is a dead-serious scrutiny of the commingling of Anglo and Latino cultures. At heart, the stories are an exposé of the comforts and discomforts of that cohabitation.

SONIA RIVERA VALDÉS was born in Cuba and first lived in New York City in 1966. Considered one of the most important writers from Cuba, she has had stories appear in many anthologies in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

About Sonia Rivera-Valdes
SONIA RIVERA VALDÉS was born in Cuba and first lived in New York City in 1966. Considered one of the most important writers from Cuba, she has had stories appear in many anthologies in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

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SKU BK-9781583220474
Barcode # 9781583220474
Brand Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Artist / Author Rivera-Valdes, Sonia, Cluster, Dick
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.150m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.220m
Assembled Length 21.800m
Assembled Height 1.700m
Assembled Width 14.800m
Type Hardcover

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