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Lotería / Cynthia Pelayo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Marlboro, NJ : Agora Books, January 2023Copyright date: ©2012Edition: Trade paperback reissue edition and new materialDescription: 335, 12 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781957957067
  • 1957957069
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The Rooster -- The Little Devil -- The Woman -- The Man -- The Umbrella -- The Mermaid -- The Ladder -- The Bottle -- The Barrel -- The Tree -- The Melon -- The Brave One -- The Bonnet -- Death -- The Pear -- The Flag -- The Mandolin -- The Cello -- The Heron -- The Bird -- The Hand -- The Boot -- The Moon -- The Parrot -- The Drunkard -- The Black Man -- The Heart -- The Watermelon -- The Drum -- The Shrimp -- The Arrows -- The Musician -- The Spider -- The Soldier -- The Star -- The Saucepan -- The World -- The Native American -- The Cactus -- The Scorpion -- The Rose -- The Skull -- The Bell -- The Water Pitcher -- The Deer -- The Sun -- The Crown -- The Canoe -- The Pine Tree -- The Fish -- The Palm Tree -- The Flowerpot -- The Harp -- The Frog.
Summary: "The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance--similar to bingo. However, in Lotería instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Lotería game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief--with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. This collection features creatures and monsters, vampires, werewolves and more. Many of these legends existed long before their European counterparts--passed throughout the Americas via word of mouth, collected just like the tales the Brothers Grimm. These are indeed fairy tales--Latin American fairy tales--but with a horrifying slant."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction In Case You Missed It PELAYO, CYNTHIA ICYMI: Recently New Available 33111011208267
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Award-winning author Cynthia "Cina" Pelayo's acclaimed short story collection Lotería, now with added illustrations and new bonus stories...as well as an exclusive preview for her upcoming sequel to CHILDREN OF CHICAGO, THE SHOEMAKER'S MAGICIAN (out this Spring).

The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance--similar to bingo. However, in Lotería instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images.
There are 54 cards in the Lotería game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief--with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. This collection features creatures and monsters, vampires, werewolves and more.
Many of these legends existed long before their European counterparts--passed throughout the Americas via word of mouth, collected just like the tales the Brothers Grimm. These are indeed fairy tales--Latin American fairy tales--but with a horrifying slant.

54 short stories based on the cards of the Mexican board game of Lotería.

"This version of Lotería today includes several updates, including a new short story, poems and a novella" -- author's note.

"Originally published in 2012 by Burial Day Books"--Title page verso.

ISBN taken from the back cover. The ISBN on the title page verso shows the number for The Shoemaker's Magician by the same author.

"The Mexican board game of Lotería is a game of chance--similar to bingo. However, in Lotería instead of matching up numbers on a game board, players match up images. There are 54 cards in the Lotería game, and for this short story collection you will find one unique story per card based on a Latin American myth, folklore, superstition, or belief--with a slant towards the paranormal and horrific. In this deck of cards you will find murderers, ghosts, goblins and ghouls. This collection features creatures and monsters, vampires, werewolves and more. Many of these legends existed long before their European counterparts--passed throughout the Americas via word of mouth, collected just like the tales the Brothers Grimm. These are indeed fairy tales--Latin American fairy tales--but with a horrifying slant."-- Provided by publisher.

The Rooster -- The Little Devil -- The Woman -- The Man -- The Umbrella -- The Mermaid -- The Ladder -- The Bottle -- The Barrel -- The Tree -- The Melon -- The Brave One -- The Bonnet -- Death -- The Pear -- The Flag -- The Mandolin -- The Cello -- The Heron -- The Bird -- The Hand -- The Boot -- The Moon -- The Parrot -- The Drunkard -- The Black Man -- The Heart -- The Watermelon -- The Drum -- The Shrimp -- The Arrows -- The Musician -- The Spider -- The Soldier -- The Star -- The Saucepan -- The World -- The Native American -- The Cactus -- The Scorpion -- The Rose -- The Skull -- The Bell -- The Water Pitcher -- The Deer -- The Sun -- The Crown -- The Canoe -- The Pine Tree -- The Fish -- The Palm Tree -- The Flowerpot -- The Harp -- The Frog.

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