The Water Museum: Stories
by Luis Alberto Urrea
Buy on AmazonNAMED NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR by Washington Post, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus Reviews, NPR, Men's Journal A new short story collection from Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling author of The Hummingbird's Daughter and The Devil's Highway. From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" (Kansas City Star), "cinematic and charged" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and "studded with delights" (Chicago Tribune). Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form.…
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"Most of the stories in The Water Museum take place in the American West and Southwest, but they’re all universal. It’s difficult to find comparisons to an author as original as Luis Alberto Urrea, but you could say that he’s kind of a country-punk Lorrie Moore, compassionate but hard-edged, a kind of literary badass who still believes in love, because sometimes, there’s nothing much else to believe in. The Water Museum is a brilliant, powerful collection, and Urrea is a master storyteller with a rock ’n’ roll heart."
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