{"product_id":"9780806167534","title":"The Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories","description":"\"I am continually thinking stories,\" writes Rudolfo Anaya. \"Even when I am working on a novel, the images for stories keep coming.\"\u003cp\u003eConsidered by many to be the founder of modern Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya, best known for \u003ci\u003eBless Me, Ultima\u003c\/i\u003e and other novels, has also authored a number of remarkable short stories. Now for the first time, these stories, representing thirty years of Anaya’s writing, have been collected into a single volume. They constitute the best and most essential collection of Anaya’s short story work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike his novels, which range broadly over the American tapestry, Anaya’s short stories focus on character and ethical questions in a regional setting—from the harsh deserts of the American Southwest and northern Mexico to the lush tropical forests of Uxmal in the Yucatán. These tales demonstrate Anaya’s singular attitude toward fiction: that stories create myths to live and love by. \"In the end the story has to speak for itself,\" Anaya writes. \"Its purpose can be studied, but never fully known.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader ventures deeply into the world of Rudolfo Anaya, a world of magic, mystery, harsh realities, and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42924463325245,"sku":"9780806167534","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780806167534_p0.jpg?v=1771580951","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780806167534","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}