By evoking the Old Testament book referenced in the title of the collection, The Chronicles recounts distinctive aspects of a Mexican American's presence in California. Fairy tales, bible stories, and Greek myths are reinvented as the genealogy of a poet obsessed by memory and the transformations of dislocation. The Frog Prince longs to be a frog again, Sleeping Beauty doesn't know who she is, Medusa is a misunderstood femme-fatale, Bluebeard is a desired eccentric, and Marilyn Monroe wins the first annual Miss Artichoke beauty contest. Ramon Garcia brings to life landscapes populated by misfits who find-like their mythical counterparts-a sense of belonging between the marvelous and the ordinary, memory and reality. In coming to terms with the intricacies of immigration and migration, Garcia defamiliarizes well-known tales, rewriting enchanting and disturbing versions of stories we thought we knew.

Book Information
ISBN 9781597094283
Author Ramn Garca
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Red Hen Press
Publisher Red Hen Press
Weight(grams) 181g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 8mm