Borderlands: Short Fictions - Softcover

Blake, James Carlos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380794853 ISBN 13: 9780380794850

Publisher: Avon Books, 1999

Synopsis

The award-winning author of In the Rogue Blood presents a collection of eight pieces of short fiction that explores issues of love, violence, and vengeance in the stories of a colorful cast of characters who make their home amid the harsh world of the Borderlands. Original.

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Review

Praise for "Borderlands"
No fiction written by a Texan these days is as violent as James Carlos Blake's. He likes it that way, and he s not the only one . . . His fiction is polished and well researched, and the execution of his talent has grown with each book . . . Blake . . . stands among the best explorers of our lost frontier. "Texas Monthly"
James Carlos Blake writes novels about violent men living in violent times. His stories take the reader into a whirlwind of war, revolution, crime, and dark mayhem in an environment where civilization is either absent or fighting a losing battle with the wilderness and the men who thrive in such places. The violence is sudden and inevitable and unredeeming. Think of Sam Peckinpah movies. Think of a night in the Everglades during alligator mating season. "Austin Chronicle"
Again mining the territory of bleak lives on the fringes of society, "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize-winner Blake has crafted seven short stories and a novella about people surviving in the merciless borderlands dividing Mexico and the U.S. . . . The complexity of border culture is graphically drawn, with its omnipresent threats of la migra, unemployment, bigotry and despair . . . Blake writes with a fearless precision and a ruthless sensibility, his prose is spare and tough, and his descriptions detailed and cinematic. This is gritty, raw, bare-knuckled fiction, blazing with an extraordinary kind of violence. "Publishers Weekly"
The centerpiece of the collection, the novella, Texas Woman Blues, is a grim little masterpiece. "Rocky Mountain News"
Blake s talent is obvious. "Library Journal"
"

Praise for Borderlands
No fiction written by a Texan these days is as violent as James Carlos Blake's. He likes it that way, and he s not the only one . . . His fiction is polished and well researched, and the execution of his talent has grown with each book . . . Blake . . . stands among the best explorers of our lost frontier. Texas Monthly
James Carlos Blake writes novels about violent men living in violent times. His stories take the reader into a whirlwind of war, revolution, crime, and dark mayhem in an environment where civilization is either absent or fighting a losing battle with the wilderness and the men who thrive in such places. The violence is sudden and inevitable and unredeeming. Think of Sam Peckinpah movies. Think of a night in the Everglades during alligator mating season. Austin Chronicle
Again mining the territory of bleak lives on the fringes of society, Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winner Blake has crafted seven short stories and a novella about people surviving in the merciless borderlands dividing Mexico and the U.S. . . . The complexity of border culture is graphically drawn, with its omnipresent threats of la migra, unemployment, bigotry and despair . . . Blake writes with a fearless precision and a ruthless sensibility, his prose is spare and tough, and his descriptions detailed and cinematic. This is gritty, raw, bare-knuckled fiction, blazing with an extraordinary kind of violence. Publishers Weekly
The centerpiece of the collection, the novella, Texas Woman Blues, is a grim little masterpiece. Rocky Mountain News
Blake s talent is obvious. Library Journal
"

Praise for Borderlands
"No fiction written by a Texan these days is as violent as James Carlos Blake's. He likes it that way, and he's not the only one . . . His fiction is polished and well researched, and the execution of his talent has grown with each book . . . Blake . . . stands among the best explorers of our lost frontier."--Texas Monthly
"James Carlos Blake writes novels about violent men living in violent times. His stories take the reader into a whirlwind of war, revolution, crime, and dark mayhem in an environment where civilization is either absent or fighting a losing battle with the wilderness and the men who thrive in such places. The violence is sudden and inevitable and unredeeming. Think of Sam Peckinpah movies. Think of a night in the Everglades during alligator mating season."--Austin Chronicle
"Again mining the territory of bleak lives on the fringes of society, Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winner Blake has crafted seven short stories and a novella about people surviving in the merciless borderlands dividing Mexico and the U.S. . . . The complexity of border culture is graphically drawn, with its omnipresent threats of la migra, unemployment, bigotry and despair . . . Blake writes with a fearless precision and a ruthless sensibility, his prose is spare and tough, and his descriptions detailed and cinematic. This is gritty, raw, bare-knuckled fiction, blazing with an extraordinary kind of violence."--Publishers Weekly
"The centerpiece of the collection, the novella, 'Texas Woman Blues, ' is a grim little masterpiece."--Rocky Mountain News
"Blake's talent is obvious."--Library Journal
Praise for Borderlands

"No fiction written by a Texan these days is as violent as James Carlos Blake's. He likes it that way, and he's not the only one . . . His fiction is polished and well researched, and the execution of his talent has grown with each book . . . Blake . . . stands among the best explorers of our lost frontier."--Texas Monthly

"James Carlos Blake writes novels about violent men living in violent times. His stories take the reader into a whirlwind of war, revolution, crime, and dark mayhem in an environment where civilization is either absent or fighting a losing battle with the wilderness and the men who thrive in such places. The violence is sudden and inevitable and unredeeming. Think of Sam Peckinpah movies. Think of a night in the Everglades during alligator mating season."--Austin Chronicle

"Again mining the territory of bleak lives on the fringes of society, Los Angeles Times Book Prize-winner Blake has crafted seven short stories and a novella about people surviving in the merciless borderlands dividing Mexico and the U.S. . . . The complexity of border culture is graphically drawn, with its omnipresent threats of la migra, unemployment, bigotry and despair . . . Blake writes with a fearless precision and a ruthless sensibility, his prose is spare and tough, and his descriptions detailed and cinematic. This is gritty, raw, bare-knuckled fiction, blazing with an extraordinary kind of violence."--Publishers Weekly

"The centerpiece of the collection, the novella, 'Texas Woman Blues, ' is a grim little masterpiece."--Rocky Mountain News

"Blake's talent is obvious."--Library Journal

About the Author

James Carlos Blake is the author of twelve novels, including The House of Wolfe and The Rules of Wolfe. He is a member of the Texas Institute of Letters and a recipient of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for In the Rogue Blood. He was born in Mexico, raised in Texas, and now lives in Arizona.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0380794853
• ISBN 13: 9780380794850
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241