Loverboys: Stories - Softcover

Castillo, Ana

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393039595 ISBN 13: 9780393039597

Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1996

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A new collection of stories by the award-winning author of So Far from God explores the experience of love in all its diverse modes, from rapturous beginnings to bittersweet ends, in "La Miss Rose," "Vatolandia," and the title tale. Tour.

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A collection of short stories about the seductive, vibrant, often defiant lives of lovers, not all of them boys. In "La Ronde," women fall for women, for men, for both, and explore the complex extension of this love in their own families. In "Vatolandia," an independent-minded woman creates a critical system in which to classify the men she dates. And in the title story a woman muses at the hypocrisy of life while mourning the departure of her latest boyfriend over drinks in a gay bar. Though the women in these stories have their fair share of heartache, they refuse to be victims. As they face their challenges head-on, they unknowingly shape their own destinies.

About the Author:

Ana Castillo is the author of a collection of poetry and four novels, the most recent of which is The Guardians. She lives in her hometown of Chicago, with her son Marcel.

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