Tara Isabel Zambrano

Ruined a Little When We Are Born (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Jhumpa Lahiri, Ruined a Little When We Are Born delivers a stunning exploration of family and motherhood against the backdrop of Indian diaspora and culture. Tara Isabel Zambrano weaves elements from both the physical and supernatural worlds to beg the question: are we all ruined a little from our first breath?

A young couple ponders their opposing religions after one of them finds a cow's tongue left on their porch. A widow helps her neighbor mourn the death of his wife by burying the woman's belongings in the backyard. A mother forces her daughter to undergo various rituals to lighten her skin to find a good match. And when a man needs a son as his heir, he brings his new, much younger wife to live with his current wife and daughter, changing his daughter's life in ways she couldn't have imagined.

In stunning prose, Zambrano's stories traverse the delights and fears of parenthood in terrifying clarity, exploring the suppression and display of desire in women and girls in daring candor.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dzanc Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781938603877
• Artikelnr.: 72354564

Autorenporträt

Tara Isabel Zambrano is a South Asian writer and the author of a full-length flash and short story collection Death, Desire, And Other Destinations by OKAY Donkey Press in 2020. She lives in Texas and is an electrical engineer by profession.