{"product_id":"zigzagger-stories-paperback","title":"Zigzagger: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManuel Muñoz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHelena María Viramontes\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMANUEL MUÑOZ \u003c\/b\u003eis celebrated as one of the foremost literary chroniclers of California's Central Valley. Northwestern University Press published his debut story collection, \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Muñoz has been recognized with a Whiting Award, three O. Henry Awards, the Joyce Carol Oates Prize, two selections in \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories \u003c\/i\u003eand, most recently, a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship. His frequently anthologized work has appeared in\u003ci\u003e The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, ZYZZYVA, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003eFreeman's. \u003c\/i\u003eA native of Dinuba, California, he lives in Tucson. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47570781274333,"sku":"9780810148956","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/M8kUSWa-nt9780810148956.webp?v=1773358754","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/zigzagger-stories-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}