Dressing the Saints

Black Lawrence Immigrant Writing Series Selection.

"DRESSING THE SAINTS is a beautiful collection of short stories that captures the losses, family allegiances, and ruptures of Cuban exile. Haunted by the past, richly detailed, and with a strong sense of place, each piece is a quiet portrait of dislocation, of the need to tell stories in order to survive."
--Cristina Garcia, author of Vanishing Maps

"Wryly observed and suffused with tenderness, the neatly plotted stories in Aracelis González Asendorf's debut collection DRESSING THE SAINTS inscribe a new and moving chapter of the Cuban diaspora into Florida's literary history with delicacy, nuance, and wit."--Joy Castro, author of One Brilliant Flame

"An unforgettable collection about home, endurance, and the search for understanding amid often devastating losses. I fell in love with these characters as they tried to connect with one another, sometimes tenderly, sometimes awkwardly, and sometimes proudly displaying well-earned fangs. A gorgeous, lyrical debut!"--Ana Menéndez, author of The Apartment

Fiction. Latinx Studies. Women's Studies.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 01/26/2024
ISBN: 9781625570628
Pages: 175
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/06/2023