Monstress

"The debut of an electric literary talent. Brilliantly quirky, often moving, always gorgeously told....Bravo for this fabulous American fiction "
--Chang-Rae Lee, New York Times bestselling author of Native Speaker

"A wonderful story collection that's as wide and rich and complex as the geography it spans."
-- Ben Fountain, PEN/Hemingway award-winning author of Brief Encounters with Che Guevera

"Tenorio is a deep and original writer, and Monstress is simply a beautiful book."
--Jessica Hagedorn, author of Dogeaters

A luminous collection of heartbreaking, vivid, startling, and gloriously unique stories set amongst the Filipino-American communities of California and the Philippines, Monstress heralds the arrival of a breathtaking new talent on the literary scene: Lysley Tenorio. Already the worthy recipient of a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Writer's Award, and a Stegner Fellowship, Tenorio brilliantly explores the need to find connections, the melancholy of isolation, and the sometimes suffocating ties of family in tales that range from a California army base to a steamy moviehouse in Manilla, to the dangerous false glitter of Hollywood.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 01/31/2012
ISBN: 9780062059567
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Triangle Awards - Winner

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/17/2011 pg. 50
Booklist 12/01/2011 pg. 23
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2011
Shelf Awareness 01/27/2012
New York Times Book Review 04/15/2012 pg. 22