{"product_id":"zigzagger","title":"Zigzagger","description":"\u003cb\u003eMuÑoz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e’s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e breakthrough collection, reissued with a new foreword by author Helena MarÍa Viramontes\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Manuel MuÑoz’s first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths of Mexican American literature and the image of California’s Central Valley as a lush world of rural tranquility, instead exploring the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. A teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; a young farm worker attempts to hide his supervision of a group of children from the town police; a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. Experiencing conflicts of family and sexuality and the pain of loss and memory, the characters in \u003ci\u003eZigzagger\u003c\/i\u003e seek to reconcile themselves with the rural towns of their upbringing—places that, by nature, are bordered by loneliness.","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257524920664,"sku":"9780810148956","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/zigzagger","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}