Sabrina And Corina: Stories
Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take center stage in this haunting debut story collection -- a powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths of our homelands.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine's magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado -- a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite -- these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force.
In "Sugar Babies," ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes.
"Any Further West" follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California.
In "Tomi," a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood.
And in the title story, "Sabrina & Corina," a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual. "Sabrina & Corina" is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.
"SABRINA & CORINA isn't just good, it's masterful storytelling." --Fajardo
"Anstine is a fearless writer: her women are strong and scarred witnesses of the violations of their homelands, their culture, their bodies; her plots turn and surprise, unerring and organic in their comprehensiveness; her characters break your heart, but you keep on going because you know you are in the hands of a master. Her stories move through the heart of darkness and illuminate it with the soul of truth." --Julia Alvarez, author of HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS
"[A] powerhouse debut... stylistically superb, with crisp dialogue and unforgettable characters, SABRINA & CORINA introduces an impressive new talent to American letters." --Rigoberto González, NBC News
"Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart." --Sandra Cisneros
National Book Award Finalist
Winner of the American Book Award
Finalist for the Story Prize
Finalist for the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
Target age group 15 and up
Kali Fajardo-Anstine's magnetic story collection breathes life into her Latina characters of indigenous ancestry and the land they inhabit in the American West. Against the remarkable backdrop of Denver, Colorado -- a place that is as fierce as it is exquisite -- these women navigate the land the way they navigate their lives: with caution, grace, and quiet force.
In "Sugar Babies," ancestry and heritage are hidden inside the earth but tend to rise during land disputes.
"Any Further West" follows a sex worker and her daughter as they leave their ancestral home in southern Colorado only to find a foreign and hostile land in California.
In "Tomi," a woman leaves prison and finds herself in a gentrified city that is a shadow of the one she remembers from her childhood.
And in the title story, "Sabrina & Corina," a Denver family falls into a cycle of violence against women, coming together only through ritual. "Sabrina & Corina" is a moving narrative of unrelenting feminine power and an exploration of the universal experiences of abandonment, heritage, and an eternal sense of home.
"SABRINA & CORINA isn't just good, it's masterful storytelling." --Fajardo
"Anstine is a fearless writer: her women are strong and scarred witnesses of the violations of their homelands, their culture, their bodies; her plots turn and surprise, unerring and organic in their comprehensiveness; her characters break your heart, but you keep on going because you know you are in the hands of a master. Her stories move through the heart of darkness and illuminate it with the soul of truth." --Julia Alvarez, author of HOW THE GARCÍA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS
"[A] powerhouse debut... stylistically superb, with crisp dialogue and unforgettable characters, SABRINA & CORINA introduces an impressive new talent to American letters." --Rigoberto González, NBC News
"Here are stories that blaze like wildfires, with characters who made me laugh and broke my heart." --Sandra Cisneros
National Book Award Finalist
Winner of the American Book Award
Finalist for the Story Prize
Finalist for the Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
Target age group 15 and up
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CategoryAdult Fiction
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Age Group15 and UP
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Grade Level9+
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LanguageEnglish
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BindingHardcover
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Theme 1Girls & Women
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Theme 2Social, Personal & Family Topics
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Detailed (BISAC) Subject/ThemeShort Stories (single author)
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AwardsNational Book Award - Finalist
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AuthorFajardo-Anstine, Kali
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Lexile Level820
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Dewey813.6
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PublisherRandom House, Inc.
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Publication Date4/2/2019
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Pages224
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Dimensions1.1 H × 8.5 L × 5.5 W
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Case Qty32
