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Gritos: Essays
When he first started writing, Dagoberto Gilb was struggling to survive as a journeyman high-rise carpenter. Years later, he has won widespread acclaim as a crucial and compelling voice in contemporary American letters. Tackling everything from cockfighting to Cormac McCarthy, Gritos collects Gilb's essays and his popular commentaries for NPR's Fresh Air, offering a startling portrait of an artist-and a Mexican-American- working to find his place in both the cloistered literary world and the world at large, to say nothing of his strange and beloved borderland of Texas.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: Apr 30th, 2004
- Pages: 247
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.16in - 5.66in - 0.72in - 0.69lb
- EAN: 9780802141279
- Categories: • American - Hispanic & Latino• Essays
Praise for this book
From "an important voice in American fiction" (Annie Proulx), a collection of essays that cuts to the heart of the Mexican-American experience
"[Gilb's] language is direct and strikingly honest, and yet he is able to illustrate life's transforming moments with a delicate appreciation of their power and evanescence."
"Gilb knows the dirty secrets of manstuck in emotional exile. And he knows, too, the tools of revelation."
"[Gritos] is a collection about prejudice and pride, told with the flair of a storyteller known for his fiction . . . [Gilb] is so interesting, you can't help but pay attention."