Six Kinds of Sky
KSh600.00
Home isn’t just a place, it is also a language.”Born in Tijuana, the son of an Anglo woman and a Mexican father, Urrea says that “Home isn’t just a place, it is also a language.” In these six storiesāeach wandering beneath different kinds of sky, from the thick Mazatlan starry night to the wide open spaces of the Sioux Nation in South DakotaāUrrea maps the spiritual geography of what he calls “home.”
“I always thought Luis Urrea was six skies rolled into one (I mean that in a good way), and this book proves that he speaks with a multitude of passionate, powerful and hilarious voices. This book is a beautiful kind of crazy.”āSherman Alexie
“With this new collection of stories, Luis Urrea makes the short list of essential American writers. His glittering landscapes, which warp and ennoble the human spirit, bring to mind the work of Salman Rushdie. I found myself going back and rereading whole passages; Urrea’s got a way with words that raises the bar for the rest of us. What a marvel of a book!”āDemetria MartĆnez
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