| A Grave Is Given Supper Contributor(s): Soto, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 164605010X ISBN-13: 9781646050109 Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American - Poetry | American - Hispanic American - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2020932579 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.40 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Narco-Acid Western told in a series of interlinked poems, Soto's striking debut collection follows the converging paths of two protagonists through El Sumidero, a fictional US/Mexico border town where an ongoing drug war is raging. The surreal verse of Soto's poems portrays a bleak political climate as it coincides with the rituals of love & loss, culture & spirituality, & the quest for a better life at all costs. Following the narrative arc of Alejandro Jodorowsky's classic cult film, El Topo, A Grave is Given Supper builds a world saturated with a mystical aura that describes the finite tensions & complicated desires of lives taking place in the borderland. |