California Uncovered: Stories for the 21st Century

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

This centerpiece of the California Council for the Humanities' California Stories Uncovered program blends fresh new voices with established writers like Joan Didion and John Steinbeck. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189077197X
• ISBN13: 9781890771973
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Made me think

A collection of short stories, excepts from novels, and a few poems sounded like a nice selection. I thought it would be something I could easily pick up and put down. Each story is about someone living in California - almost all told from the point of view of immigrants and from different time periods. I thought the idea was good, but I found that I missed the feel of short stories. Only one of the excerpts from a novel left me feeling satisfied. I did find a couple of quotes - "At some point in your story grief presents itself. Now, for the first time, your room is empty, not merely unoccupied." - D.J. Waldie, from Holy Land "There bodies don't work, their minds have wandered off to meet old friends and new horizons, and their own families treat them like they are idiots." - Laila Halaby, The American Dream "Money, though, is an illusion with green faces. I think this is so money has a personality - like the way our dieties end up with traits like the rest of us. People create money then they let money create them." - Luis J. Rodriguez , "My Ride, My Revolution" from The Republic of East L.A. If nothing else, I think I found a couple new authors. I am curious to read the rest of the story. I look forward to discussing it at book club.