Painted Cities

By Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski

Book Overview

To those outside it, Pilsen is a vast barrio on the south side of Chicago. To Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski, it is a world of violence and decay and beauty, of nuance and pure chance. It is a place where the smell of cooking frijoles is washed away by that of dead fish in the river, where vendettas are a daily routine, and where a fourteen-year-old immigrant might hold the ability bring people back from the dead.

Simultaneously tough and tender, these stories mark the debut of a writer poised to represent his city's literature for decades to come.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938073800
• ISBN13: 9781938073809
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.6"