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Alex y Robert (Salt Modern Fiction)

Alex y Robert (Salt Modern Fiction)

by WenaPoon (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $4.30
Synopsis

Alejandra, why do you never listen to me? Women have never been accepted in the world of bullfighting. So many have tried.

Where I'm from, a closed door is an invitation to knock.

Alejandra wants nothing more than to be a matador, like her famous Spanish grandfather. But she's a girl. She's American. And she's picked a really bad time. Bullfighting is on the decline in contemporary Spain, thanks to a controversial bullfighting ban and the worst recession in living memory. Undeterred, Alejandra turns to Roberto, a famous matador her age, for help. Alex y Robert is a witty, engaging story of an unlikely transatlantic friendship that challenges assumptions of culture and identity in a changing world.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 307
 Publisher: Salt Publishing
Published: 25 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 1907773088
ISBN 13: 9781907773082
Book Overview: Wena Poon crosses the cultural -- and spiritual -- divide with wit, pathos and resolute bravura. -- Rosalind Porter Granta The exile returns to illuminate an intimate part of Singapore, and does so quite beautifully. -- Neel Chowdhury Time In a new century of Google Earth, YouTube and endless connectivity, her characters prove that what moves us and makes us human remains as compellingly simple -- and fleeting -- as ever. -- Alison MacLeod Author of 'Fifteen Modern Tales of Attraction' Perfectly structured and viscerally imagined, Alex y Robert drags bullfighting kicking and screaming into the 21st century, wonderfully evoking the smells and sounds of the ring in cold, pithy prose. An original and fascinating glimpse into other worlds. -- Stav Sherez Wena Poon is one of the most exciting fiction writers to come out of America in the last few years. -- Bidisha A more talented, nay gifted, original, authentic and compelling contemporary storyteller than Wena it would be hard to name. -- Paul Blezard

Media Reviews
Robert drags bullfighting kicking and screaming into the 21st century, wonderfully evoking the smells and sounds of the ring in cold, pithy prose. An original and fascinating glimpse into other worlds , STAV SHEREZ. Wena Poon is one of the most exciting fiction writers to come out of America in the last few years , BIDISHA. A more talented, nay gifted, original, authentic and compelling contemporary storyteller than Wena it would be hard to name , PAUL BLEZARD.
Author Bio
Wena Poon is a Singapore-born American author whose work has appeared in print, radio and film. Winner of the 2010 Willesden Herald International Short Story Prize in England, twice longlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in Ireland, and nominated for the Singapore Literature Prize and the Malaysia Popular Readers' Choice Award, Poon is the author of Alex y Robert , The Proper Care of Foxes , and Lions In Winter . She also writes a sci-fi action-adventure novel series, the first four volumes of which are collected in The Biophilia Omnibus , which was voted Best Book Gift of the Year by CNN Singapore. A graduate of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, and a practising lawyer, she lives in San Francisco and Austin.