Mayor of the Roses: Stories by Marianne Villanuea
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Fiction. Asian American Studies. "There is a disarming immediacy to these stories, most related by a young Filipina emigrant to the (United )States, about a search for what should be accessible-home, family, history-but proves so rarely nowadays to be so. These are moving, finely crafted tales"-Ehud Havazelet.
In this collection of short stories, "Mayor of the Roses," award-winning writer Marianne Villanueva writes of the contrary beauty, ugliness, and violence of her native land, the Philippines, as well as of the myriad contradictions of immigrant life in the new landscapes of America.
About the Author
Marianne Villanueva, a former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford, has been writing and publishing stories about the Philippines and Filipino Americans since the mid 1980s. Her story "Silence" first published in the Three Penny Review was short-listed for the 2000 O. Henry Literature Prize, and "The Hand" was awarded first prize in Juked's 2007 fiction contest. She has edited an anthology of Filipina women's writings, "Gong Home to a Landscape" which was selected as a Notable Book by the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. She currently teaches writing and literature in the San Francisco Bay Area. This title is part of the Miami University Press Fiction Series
Paperbound: 181 pages
Publisher: Miami University Press (January 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 188116346-6
ISBN-13: 978-18-8-116346-6
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
In this collection of short stories, "Mayor of the Roses," award-winning writer Marianne Villanueva writes of the contrary beauty, ugliness, and violence of her native land, the Philippines, as well as of the myriad contradictions of immigrant life in the new landscapes of America.
About the Author
Marianne Villanueva, a former Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford, has been writing and publishing stories about the Philippines and Filipino Americans since the mid 1980s. Her story "Silence" first published in the Three Penny Review was short-listed for the 2000 O. Henry Literature Prize, and "The Hand" was awarded first prize in Juked's 2007 fiction contest. She has edited an anthology of Filipina women's writings, "Gong Home to a Landscape" which was selected as a Notable Book by the prestigious Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. She currently teaches writing and literature in the San Francisco Bay Area. This title is part of the Miami University Press Fiction Series
Paperbound: 181 pages
Publisher: Miami University Press (January 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 188116346-6
ISBN-13: 978-18-8-116346-6
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.6 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces