Muñoz, Manuel 1972-

What you see in the dark : a novel by Manuel Muñoz( Book )

16 editions published between 2011 and 2014 in English and French and held by 849 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bakersfield, California, in the late 1950s is a dusty, quiet town too far from Los Angeles to share that city s energy yet close enough to Hollywood to fill its citizens with the kinds of dreams they discover in the darkness of the movie theater. For Teresa, a young, aspiring singer who works at a shoe store, dreams lie in the music her mother shared with her, plaintive songs of love and longing. In Dan Watson, the most desirable young man in Bakersfield, she believes she has found someone to help her realize those dreams. When a famous actress arrives from Hollywood with a great and already legendary director, local gossip about Teresa and Dan gives way to speculation about the celebrated visitors, there to work on what will become an iconic, groundbreaking film of madness and murder at a roadside motel. No one anticipates how the ill-fated love affair between Dan and Teresa will soon rival anything the director could ever put on the screen. This thoroughly original work is intense and fascinating in its juxtapositions of tenderness and menace, violence and regret, played out in a town on the brink of change

The best American short stories 2019 by Anthony Doerr( Book )

2 editions published in 2019 in English and held by 568 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of 2019, from a variety of acclaimed sources

The faith healer of Olive Avenue by Manuel Muñoz( Book )

6 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in English and held by 451 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of interconnected short stories chronicles the world of the inhabitants of one Mexican-American neighborhood, whose diverse lives continue to cross paths in unexpected ways

Zigzagger by Manuel Muñoz( Book )

7 editions published in 2003 in English and Spanish and held by 344 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Set mainly in California's Central Valley, Manuel Muñoz's first collection of stories goes beyond the traditional family myths and narratives of Chicano literature and explores, instead, the constant struggle of characters against their physical and personal surroundings. Usually depicted as the lush and green world of rural quiet and tranquility, the Valley becomes the backdrop for the difficulties these characters confront as they try to maintain hope and independence in the face of isolation. In the title story, a teenage boy learns the consequences of succumbing to the lure of a town outsider; in 'Campo,' a young farm worker frantically attempts to hide his supervision of a huddle of children from the town police, only to have another young man come to his unexpected rescue; in 'The Unimportant Lila Parr,' a father must expose his own secrets after his son is found murdered in a highway motel. From conflicts of family and sexuality to the pain of loss and memory, the characters in Zigzagger seek to reconcile themselves with the rural towns of their upbringing--a place that, by nature, is bordered by loneliness"--Publisher's website

The best American short stories 2019( Recording )

2 editions published in 2019 in English and held by 28 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Anthony Doerr and series editor, Heidi Pitlor, select twenty stories that represent the best examples of the form published in 2018

The PEN/O. Henry Prize stories( )

2 editions published in 2011 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents a collection of short stories judged to be the best in America and Canada for 2010, along with essays by three distinguished writers on their favorite pieces, and commentary from the twenty prize winners

La fascinación de la realidad y otros artículos by Manuel Muñoz( Book )

2 editions published in 2004 in Spanish and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Holding still : a novel by Manuel Muñoz( )

1 edition published in 1994 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Liberating literature : an evening with Sandra Cisneros, Manuel Muñoz, and Helena María Viramontes ; 10/5/2012 ; Modern Languages Auditorium by Sandra Cisneros( )

1 edition published in 2012 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide

Reading series, 10.15.09( Visual )

1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1 WorldCat member library worldwide