{"product_id":"the-consequences-stories-9781911648475","title":"The Consequences: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA collection of short stories by Juan Felipe Muñoz, set in the 1980s in the Central Valley of California, explores the lives of Mexican and Mexican American farmworkers and their families, navigating the messy and violent realities of immigration, deportation, and class tensions. The stories are tempered by moments of surprising, tender care. \"The Consequences\" is a magnificent new book from a gifted writer at the height of his powers. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 200 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20 October 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: The Indigo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShimmering writing depicting Californias Central Valley, the first book in a decade from a virtuoso story writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese exquisite stories are mostly set in the 1980s in the small towns that surround Fresno.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an unflinching hand, Muñoz depicts the Mexican and Mexican American farmworkers who put food on our tables but were regularly and ruthlessly rounded up by the migra, as well as the quotidian struggles and immense challenges faced by their families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe messy and sometimes violent realities navigated by his characters—straight and gay, immigrant and American-born, young and old—are tempered by moments of surprising, tender care:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo young women meet on a bus to Los Angeles to retrieve the men they love who must find their way back from the border after being deported; a gay couple plans a housewarming party that reveals buried class tensions; a teenage mother slips out to a carnival where she encounters the father of her child; the foreman of a crew of fruit pickers finds a dead body and is subsequently—perhaps literally— haunted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Consequences, obligation can shape, support, and sometimes derail us. Its a magnificent new book from a gifted writer at the height of his powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 262g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 198 x 129 x 19 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781911648475\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manuel Munoz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44105494429946,"sku":"9781911648475","price":7.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1666374043951_book.jpg?v=1666518369","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-consequences-stories-9781911648475","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}