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Sergio Troncoso

Autore di The Last Tortilla & Other Stories

9+ opere 116 membri 8 recensioni 1 preferito

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Sergio Troncoso is the author of From This Wicked Patch of Dust (University of Arizona Press, 2011), The Nature of Truth (Northwestern University Press, 2003) and The Last Tortilla and Other Stories (University of Arizona Press, 1999), which won the Premio Aztln and the Southwest Book Award. He mostra altro received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College and two graduate degrees from Yale University. He lives and works in New York City. mostra meno

Comprende il nome: SergioTroncoso

Fonte dell'immagine: Sergio Troncoso at his Fiction Workshop for the Yale Writers' Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut.

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Opere correlate

We Wear the Mask: 15 True Stories of Passing in America (2017) — Collaboratore — 91 copie
You Don't Have a Clue: Latino Mystery Stories for Teens (2011) — Collaboratore — 27 copie
Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature (2005) — Collaboratore — 26 copie
New World: Young Latino Writers (1996) — Collaboratore — 19 copie
City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature (2002) — Collaboratore — 18 copie
Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (2009) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Once Upon a Cuento (2003) — Collaboratore — 10 copie
New Border Voices: An Anthology (2014) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Literary El Paso (Literary Cities) (2009) — Collaboratore — 4 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Troncoso, Sergio
Nome legale
Troncoso, Sergio
Sesso
male
Nazionalità
USA
Nazione (per mappa)
United States of America
Luogo di nascita
El Paso, Texas, USA
Istruzione
Harvard College (B.A./Government)
Yale University (M.A./International Relations)
Yale University (M. Phil./Philosophy)
Attività lavorative
Writer
Organizzazioni
SergioTroncoso.com
President of Texas Institute of Letters
Board Member of Authors Guild
Premi e riconoscimenti
Texas Institute of Letters
Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Alumni Hall of Fame
Fulbright Scholarship
Southwest Book Award (thrice)
Premio Aztlan Literary Prize
Bronze Award for Essays, ForeWord Reviews (mostra tutto 8)
Second Place for Best Biography in English, International Latino Book Awards
Bronze Award for Multicultural Fiction, ForeWord Reviews
Breve biografia
Sergio Troncoso is the author of NOBODY'S PILGRIMS, A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT'S SON, THE LAST TORTILLA AND OTHER STORIES, CROSSING BORDERS: PERSONAL ESSAYS, the novels THE NATURE OF TRUTH, FROM THIS WICKED PATCH OF DUST, NOBODY'S PILGRIMS; and as editor NEPANTLA FAMILIAS: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE ON FAMILIES IN BETWEEN WORLDS and OUR LOST BORDER: ESSAYS ON LIFE AMID THE NARCO VIOLENCE. Among the numerous awards he has won are the Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, Premio Aztlan Literary Prize, Southwest Book Award, Bronze Award for Essays from ForeWord Reviews, International Latino Book Award for Best Novel-Adventure or Drama, and the Silver Award for Multicultural Fiction from ForeWord Reviews.

A Fulbright scholar and past president of the Texas Institute of Letters, Troncoso teaches fiction and nonfiction at the Yale Writers’ Workshop in New Haven, Connecticut. He has served as a judge for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the New Letters Literary Awards in the Essay category. His work has recently appeared in Texas Highways, Houston Chronicle, CNN Opinion, New Letters, Yale Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Texas Monthly Magazine.

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I read this collection of linked short stories because a dear friend loved it, and said it told his story. That friend is a Mexican American man in his early 30s who grew up in California and Texas with parents who were undocumented for a time, but later became permanent residents. This friend, like the author, went to an elite university and then moved to NYC where he found himself, but also felt himself separated from his family and his early life. Antonio has told me many times he often feels stuck between worlds, and feels guilty that he prefers what he categorizes as the "white life." I am an old white woman raised in the Midwest though I have spent my adult life mostly in large cities east of the Mississippi, and I have a lot to learn about the lives of young Latin American immigrants. This is particularly the case for those who become 1st gen students because some of them are my students and I cannot serve them if I do not understand them. And so when friends like Antonio recommend I read something that reflects their experiences and feelings I get right on that.

I share all of this because I celebrate that this book made my friend, and presumably other Latinx people feel seen and heard. When books do that for me it is just the best. There were things here that did resonate with me, but overall I have to say that I was not a huge fan of this one. It was clearly honest and from the heart, but the writing was mostly, as Tim Gunn would say, "student work." It is clunky and obvious and overwritten. The final three stories were actually painful to read (due to the writing not the pathos), especially "Library Island." The first two stories were the best, though both had really contrived setups. All in all a 2.5 rounded up for Goodreads because the intentions here are so pure (and sadly so obvious) I know it resonated with others. I think perhaps for younger readers this might work.
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½
 
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Narshkite | Oct 17, 2022 |
Interesting collection. As with all short story collections there are some I liked more than others. Entertaining all in all.
 
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ChachaJ | 2 altre recensioni | Feb 1, 2021 |
In the introduction to the collection of short stories, Ilan Stavans comments about Troncoso – “He makes art out of ordinariness.” I couldn’t say it better.

In the title story, siblings struggle to celebrate a traditional Christmas following the death of their mother, and their father’s remarriage to a woman the children do not like. [i]Angie Luna[/i] tells the story of a college student home for the holidays who falls for an “older” woman who lives across the border in Juarez. In [i]Punching Chickens[/i] a teenage boy recounts his first job. In another story, a chubby boy struggles with teasing by schoolmates and dreams of getting a 10-speed bike. An elderly couple struggle to dispel each other’s demons and fears of impending death in [i]The Abuelita[/i]. My favorite story is probably [i]The Gardener[/i], wherein an elderly widow tricks her equally aged gardener into accepting her invitation to share her home.

Troncoso gives us stories of Mexican-American life along the US / Mexico border, but also stories that will speak to all of us. He covers universal themes of love, death, coming-of-age and family life, but also touches on the clash between Mexicans living in America vs those still in Mexico, and the difficulty faced by young Latinos who don’t speak Spanish but don’t feel they fit into the American mainstream either. A couple of these stories were very hard to read because of their difficult subject matter (home invasion, violence among children), a couple left me dissatisfied with what I felt was an abrupt ending. A few of these stories were truly wonderful. The star rating reflects an average across the collection.
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BookConcierge | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 13, 2016 |
Fun to read about El Paso since I live in Texas but not thrilled with the book or the writing. The story of a traditional Mexican American family changing over the decades to include Protestants, Muslims, and Jews as family members made for some interesting storylines but the author never carried these through far enough. With too much detail about some things (i.e.: a family baseball game in the park) and not enough detail about others (i.e.: the daughter's life as a Muslim woman and mother), the whole thing felt choppy. Chapters would end with a significant event never to be picked up again. It eventually becomes obvious that it's an autobiography masked as fiction because the author's life mirrors that of the youngest son's. Although I can appreciate the story's value for its depiction of Mexican American life and culture, it falls short of being really interesting. Just because it's about another way of life does not automatically make it great literature.… (altro)
½
 
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sushitori | May 29, 2015 |

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