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010      2020033789 
019    1228511943|a1250022046 
020    9780143135623|q(paperback) 
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050 00 PS3616.E96|bR63 2021 
082 00 813/.6|223 
100 1  Peynado, Brenda,|d1985-|eauthor. 
245 14 The rock eaters :|bstories /|cBrenda Peynado. 
264  1 [New York] :|bPenguin Books,|c[2021] 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    276 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
505 0  |tThoughts and prayers --|tThe stones of Sorrow Lake --
       |tThe whitest girl --|tYaiza --|tThe drownings --|tThe 
       great escape --|tThe kite maker --|tWhat we lost --|tThe 
       rock eaters --|tTrue love game --|tThe touches --|tThe man
       I could be --|tCatarina --|tThe dreamers --|tWe work in 
       miraculous cages --|tThe radioactives. 
520    "A story collection, in the vein of Carmen Maria Machado, 
       Kelly Link, and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, spanning worlds 
       and dimensions, using strange and speculative elements to 
       tackle issues ranging from class differences to 
       immigration to first-generation experiences to xenophobia.
       What does it mean to be other? This question murmurs in 
       the heart of each of Brenda Peynado's strange and singular
       stories. Threaded with magic, transcending time and place,
       these stories explore what it means to cross borders and 
       break down walls, personally and politically. In one story,
       suburban families perform oblations to cattlelike angels 
       who live on their roofs, believing that their 'thoughts 
       and prayers' will protect them from the world's violence. 
       In another, inhabitants of an unnamed dictatorship slowly 
       lose their own agency as pieces of their bodies go missing
       and, with them, the essential rights that those appendages
       serve. 'The Great Escape' tells of an old woman who hides 
       away in her apartment, reliving the past among beautiful 
       objects she's hoarded, refusing all visitors, until she 
       disappears completely. In the title story, children begin 
       to levitate, flying away from their parents and their home
       country, leading them to eat rocks in order to stay 
       grounded. With elements of science fiction and fantasy, 
       fabulism and magical realism, Brenda Peynado uses her 
       stories to reflect our flawed world, and the incredible, 
       terrifying, and marvelous nature of humanity"--|cProvided 
       by publisher. 
650  0 Short stories. 
650  0 Emigration and immigration|vFiction. 
650  0 Xenophobia|vFiction. 
650  0 Social classes|vFiction. 
650  0 Virtual reality|vFiction. 
650  0 Ghost stories. 
650  0 Noncitizens|vFiction. 
655  7 Short stories.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726740 
655  7 Short stories.|2lcgft 
655  7 Social problem fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Magic realist fiction.|2lcgft 
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