by flashgordon
Type: fiction
Status: favorite
Authors: Linton Robinson Ana Maria Corona
Tags: stories fiction magic sex cooking food short mexico culinary border
Description: National borders are abstract lines that take root as physical barricades and divides. CulturalNational borders are abstract lines that take root as physical barricades and divides. Cultural differences create people whose differences from others stem entirely from their minds. Lovers, societies and families are bound together with bonds as fragile and ephemeral as the mooring lines of great ships. And inside each person is a map or similar boundaries, frontiers, and alliances. This book turns the visible differences at the border of two nations into a mirror, a metaphor for the human condition.
When these stories first appeared in San Diego periodicals, Baja Week and Harpers, they were acclaimed as more than just "border fiction" by writer friends: critics praised the blending of Linton Robinson's craftsmanship and transparent style with Ana Maria Corona's clear-eyed witness and charming voice. Now they are collected in book format for readers outside of the border area... but within the eternal no-man's land of their humanity....
2008-08-31
