La Posada and Other Stories: Backroads of America

By Robert Miskimon

A collection of stories that includes the novella-length La Posada, the story of a group of Mexican-American farmworkers in the Salinas Valley of California who defy their corporate bosses to form a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738854743
• ISBN13: 9780738854748
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Xlibris
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Little masterpieces of short fiction

Miskimon is a talented author with a mastery of description. His stories are little novels. They are full, complete with characters, settings and plots that are unique within themselves. I enjoyed them all, but mainly two stories stay in my head after closing the book for the final time. His story, "Cyberdeath," is a short story that will haunt anyone who has ever lost a loved one. In this story, Miskimon tells a tale with a touch of sci-fi. A father creates a website where a person can download a lost loved one, but is himself surprised when his creation comes back to him. A story that haunts me to this day. But "Cyberdeath" isn't his most powerful story, just a tip of the iceberg. Miskimon's stories hold the reader's attention with their detail and impact endings. The reader is also given a short novella from the very first that shows the strong points of this author. His creation of a group of farmworkers having to challenge their corporate bosses to form an union and form their own farming cooperation, is a true masterpiece of work. There is a one set genre in this collection. The reader is provided with "past" and "futuristic" stories. Miskimon deals with the realities that hit America every day-deaths, pain, love and life. I truly enjoyed La Posada, and I am sure other readers will also. Discover an author that can create and develop characters that you will care about and stories that will leave you thinking days afterwards.

I recommend La Posada and Other Stories

This is a very pleasurable book to read. It has a quiet tone, but there is plenty of plotting to keep one's interest, as well as properly timed touches of humor. I'd like to read more by this author.