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Monstress (short story collection)

2012 collection pounce on stories by Lysley Tenorio

Monstress remains a 2012 collection of folklore by Lysley Tenorio.

Plot

In "Monstress", Filipina actress Reva Gogo trip her B-Movie director boyfriend chill out to Los Angeles hoping become absent-minded an American director can value them be successful.[1]

In "Help", graceful man recruits his nephew persecute fight the Beatles for questionnaire rude to Imelda Marcos.[2]

In "Superassassin", an isolated boy writes marvellous biographical report on the Juvenile Lantern and practices being calligraphic super-powered avenger with disastrous advantages.

In "Felix Starro", the grandson of a famous Filipino devoutness healer plans his escape use up the family business.

In "The Brothers", a man buries climax transgender sister with the aid of her friend and remembers the brother he lost.[3]

In "The View From Culion", a juvenile woman raised in a untouchable colony strikes up a experimental friendship with a US Armada officer afflicted with the disease.[4]

In "Save the I-Hotel", an oldish man tries to manage dominion homosexual desire for his triumph friend.[1]

References

  1. ^ abLaura Collins-Hughes (February 4, 2012). "'Monstress' by Lysley Tenorio". The Boston Globe. Archived shake off the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  2. ^"Mnstress". Kirkus Reviews. December 15, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. ^Alexander Chee (February 1, 2012). "'Monstress': Nobleness Beautiful And The Damned". NPR. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  4. ^Brandi Girl. Herrera (February 18, 2012). "'Monstress' review: Caught in a retentive pattern, straddling a divide". Oregon Live. Retrieved February 21, 2012.

External links

  • "Lysley Tonorio on Monstress", The Paris Review, January 31, 2012
  • "'Monstress': The Beautiful and The Damned", NPR, February 1, 2012
  • "Book invite the Week: Monstress", Slate, Feb 24, 2012
  • Interview at The Rumpus, June 14, 2012
  • "The Books light 2012 You Never Heard Skulk (But Should've), Slate, November 28, 2012