Dreams in Times of War / Soñar En Tiempos de Guerra: Stories / Cuentos - Paperback

by Oswaldo Estrada (Author), Sarah Pollack (Editor)

In twelve stories, Dreams in Times of War / Soñar en tiempos de guerra brilliantly fictionalizes the lives of Latinx immigrants in the United States. The stories explore themes of violence including toxic masculinity, domestic abuse, and (trans)gender discrimination but also the alternative communities the characters form that offer solidarity and hope. Readers will celebrate this unflinching but heartfelt look at diverse immigrant experiences in the twenty-first century United States.

Author Biography

Oswaldo Estrada is an award-winning author of many books including the short-story collections Luces de emergencia (Emergency Lights) and Las guerras perdidas (The Lost Wars) and the novel Tus pequeñas huellas (Footprints). He is a professor of Latin American Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Sarah Pollack is a professor of Spanish and Translation Studies at CUNY-Staten Island and the Graduate Center. She has translated many other books, including Passages by Mariana Graciano and Time Without Keys: Selected Poems by Ida Vitale.