High spirits : short stories on Dominican diaspora
Call Number
- FICTION GOME TEEN (CEN, EAS)
Publication Information
Montclair : Levine Querido, 2022.
Physical Description
198 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 22 cm
Audience
014-017.
Uniform Title
Summary
"High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family-- the Beléns-- across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity. But most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years."--Front jacket flap.
Contents
- Stickball
- Colmado
- Swimming in circles
- Cut day
- Vamo 'pa la playa
- Payphone
- Bárbaro
- Skipping stones
- Life after the storm
- Domino
- High spirits.