{"product_id":"9781597094283","title":"The Chronicles","description":"Author: Ramn Garca\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781597094283\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 23 Sep 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 112 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy evoking the Old Testament book referenced in the title of the collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e recounts distinctive aspects of a Mexican American's presence in California. Fairy tales, bible stories, and Greek myths are reinvented as the genealogy of a poet obsessed by memory and the transformations of dislocation. The Frog Prince longs to be a frog again, Sleeping Beauty doesn't know who she is, Medusa is a misunderstood femme-fatale, Bluebeard is a desired eccentric, and Marilyn Monroe wins the first annual Miss Artichoke beauty contest. Ramon Garcia brings to life landscapes populated by misfits who find--like their mythical counterparts--a sense of belonging between the marvelous and the ordinary, memory and reality. In coming to terms with the intricacies of immigration and migration, Garcia defamiliarizes well-known tales, rewriting enchanting and disturbing versions of stories we thought we knew.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47920616341662,"sku":"ING-9781597094283","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781597094283.jpg?v=1782826010","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781597094283","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}