The Fight for Space
Stephen F. Austin University Press
ISBN13:
9781622882267
$23.21
In his debut collection, The Fight for Space, Roberto Ontiveros explores the modes of art and obsession with eleven stories that run from fabulist comedy to surrealist noir. The tales--focusing on the inner lives of adult caregivers, delivery drivers, and painters--trace how the ubiquity of media (the world of sitcoms, talk radio, and superhero comics) comes to flood the working class with a dream-like dread. In this book, a budding con artist tries to sell a house that does not belong to her, an anti-social memoirist pens the fates of his friends, and a comic book-obsessed warehouse employee follows a man who wears a gas mask. Atmospheric and erotic, the stories in The Fight for Space, recall the literary mysteries of James M. Cain by way of Twin Peaks.
- | Author: Roberto Ontiveros
- | Publisher: Stephen F. Austin University Press
- | Publication Date: November 26, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 114 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1622882261
- | ISBN-13: 9781622882267
- Author:
- Roberto Ontiveros
- Publisher:
- Stephen F. Austin University Press
- Publication Date:
- November 26, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 114 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1622882261
- ISBN-13:
- 9781622882267