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Winner of the 2002 Mármol Prize for Latina/o Fiction
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Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories
by Lorraine López
"Assimilation into American culture and abrasive family dynamics are the subjects of the 11 finely crafted stories gathered in this striking debut collection. Lopez is an original, and this fine collection, which won its publisher’s inaugural Miguel Mármol Prize for fiction, is a thoroughgoing delight."--Kirkus Reviews
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Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories explores the Chicano/a quest for identity in a culture characterized by great differences in language, race, class and gender. Sandra Cisneros noted in awarding this book the Miguel Mármol Prize, "I was impressed with the mastery of the storytelling, the swiftness of movement, the voices, the characters...The characters were zingers, the dialogue sharp, the motion quick." The stories deal with a wide range of characters, and López's vision ranges from the tragic to the comic.
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