McSweeney's Issue 65 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Plundered (Guest Editor Valeria Luiselli)

Book Overview

McSweeney's 65: Plundered spans the Americas, from a bone-strewn Peruvian desert to inland South Texas, and considers the violence that shaped it. In fifteen bracing stories, the collection delves into extraction, exploitation, and, crucially, defiance. How does a community, an individual, resist the plundering of land and peoples? Guest-edited by acclaimed author Valeria Luiselli, with Heather Cleary, Issue 65 brings together stories of stolen artifacts and endless job searches, of nationality-themed amusement parks and cultish banana plantations. Including contributors from Brazil, Cuba, Bolivia, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, the United States, and more, Plundered is a panoramic portrait of a hemisphere on fire.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1952119235
• ISBN13: 9781952119231
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: McSweeney's
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.6"