Woman Hollering Creek (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Sandra Cisneros
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Time of Work: The twentieth century
- Setting: Mexico and Texas
- Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
- Subjects: Children, Husbands, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Wives, Abused persons, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Escapes, Marriage, Poverty or poor people, Alcoholism or alcoholics, Domestic violence, Substance abuse, Violence, Women, Small-town life, Mexican Americans, Southwest, Tragedy, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Central America or Central Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Texas
- Locales: Mexico, Texas
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories gives the impression of having been published prematurely, before the author had accumulated enough significant material. Of the twenty-two sketches and stories in the book, several are slight; the collection as a whole, allowing for white space, runs only about 140 pages. That the reader is left hungry for more, however, testifies to the power of Cisneros’ best work. In contrast to a literary milieu whose predominant vision is darkly cynical and whose fashionable method is minimalist, Cisneros writes full-bodied fiction about people with...
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