The Fight for Space
Stephen F. Austin University Press
Paperback 114 pages English November 26, 2019
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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