Loteria: And Other Stories

by Rubén Mendoza

Book Overview

A fresh collection of intertwined stories using Mexico's popular Loteria game as a fundamental interconnecting theme offers glimpses into the passionate, heartbreaking, and often chaotic lives of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312181299
• ISBN13: 9780312181291
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Buzz Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Short Stories in the 90's

Ruben Mendoza captures human nature in the most realistic manner. He leads the literary revolution of fresh, new writers from a generation condemned and critized for the past ten years. He is witty and imaginative as he weaves story after story, some as short as a page. He manages to create astoundishingly realistic worlds from which we thrive in with each character, discovering our most intimate of feelings coming alive before us. The characters are powerful and real with just a few selective words. Ruben Mendoza is a true master of short story telling. Not since Marquez have I been so impacted by literature.

Don't put it down until you've read them all!

In the stories of Loteria, Ruben Mendoza leads the reader on a journey that incites questions about our perceptions of reality and the passage of time. In an intriguing twist, these ethereal topics are exposed using a cast of all-too-real characters who put their pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of us. Masterfully interwoven throughout this captivating collection of short stories is the unsettling picture of modern American social order.

Very well written and very interesting!!!!

Mr. Mendoza uses different techniques and styles of writing. His work is interesting and thought provoking. This collection of stories is very enjoyable and illustrates exactly what I consider good writing.