Chicano Sketches: Short Stories by Mario Surez,Used

Chicano Sketches: Short Stories by Mario Surez,Used

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Mario Surez will tell you: Garzas Barber Shop is more than razors, scissors, and hair. It is where men, disgruntled at the vice of the rest of the world, come to get things off their chests. The lawbreakers come in to rub elbows with the sheriffs deputies. And when zootsuiters come in for a trim, Garza puts on a bit of zoot talk and 'hepcats with the zootiest of them.'A key figure in the foundation of Chicano literature, Mario Surez (19231998) was among the first writers to focus not only on Chicano characters but also on the multicultural space in which they live, whether a Tucson barbershop or a Manhattan boxing ring. Many of his stories have received wide acclaim through publication in periodicals and anthologies; this book presents those eleven previously published stories along with eight others from the archive of his unpublished work. It also includes a biographical introduction and a critical analysis of the stories that will broaden readers appreciation for his place in Chicano literature.In most of his stories, Surez sought to portray people he knew from Tucsons El Hoyo barrio, a place usually thought of as urban wasteland when it is thought of at all. Surez set out to fictionalize this place of ignored men and women because he believed their human stories were worth telling, and he hoped that through his depictions American literature would recognize their existence. By seeking to record the socalled underside of America, Surez was inspired to pay close attention to peoples mannerisms, language, and aspirations. And by focusing on these barrio characters he also crafted a unique, mildmannered realism overflowing with humor and pathos.Along with Fray Anglico Chvez, Surez stands as arguably the midtwentieth centurys most important short story writer of Mexican descent. Chicano Sketches reclaims Surez as a major figure of the genre and offers lovers of fine fiction a chance to rediscover this major talent.

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