"Hop on the surrealist bus to understanding that Reyes Ramirez conjures for us, and you’ll hear echoes of Dashiell Hammett, Gabriel García Márquez and Alfonsina Storni. But ultimately, Ramirez’s short story collection is singular, and the real deal."—NPR, Books We Love
"Each story in The Book of Wanderers takes us through settings and experiences unified by their searching and search for identity, yet they’re all unique, often experimental. In these stories, Ramirez shows stylistic range and a well-developed voice characterized by an affinity for the beautiful sentence, told his own way."—Jake Stimmel, Southern Review of Books
"The Book of Wanderers is a powerful short story collection that is as devastating as it is hopeful."—Foreword
"As part of the Camino Del Sol Latinx Literary Series, Reyes Ramirez’ debut collection The Book of Wanderers offers readers a versatile selection of stories that explore class, race, and the intrinsically-linked idea of structural inequality."—Anthony Isaac Bradley and Valerie Wardh, Infrarrealista Review
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The Book of Wanderers is like nothing you've ever read. Each story is a world unto itself yet part of a larger constellation of subversive, inventive, and wildly funny tales. Every 'wanderer' interrogates the idea that inheritance is destiny—then richly upends it. Stop everything else you're doing and read this book!"—Cristina García, author of
Dreaming in Cuban and Here in Berlin
“Ramirez’s expert blending of observational humor, hard truths, and situational ennui makes for a reading experience that has you laughing one moment and crestfallen the next. The characters don’t only leap from the page, they haunt you and the way you navigate the known world around you that, upon closer inspection, is anything but.”—Daniel Peña, author of
Bang
“Reyes Ramirez is an exciting new Latinx fiction writer who dares to go where many writers cannot: into the imagination, into the future, but rooted in our own often oppressive and angry world.”—Daniel Chacón, author of
Kafka in a Skirt
“Wildly inventive, sometimes melancholy, and possessed of an abiding sense of compassion and justice, Reyes Ramirez’s collection is inhabited by a group of unforgettable wanderers exploring and redefining familiar, strange, and future worlds.”—ire’ne lara silva, author of
Cuicacalli / House of Song
“Ramirez imagines ten fully unique and vibrant worlds and fills them with Raymond Carver type of slice of life stories as they apply to the immigrant experience. . . . Hope is the magic that keeps humanity ticking. Ramirez displays this truth with stunning sincerity.”—Jennifer Morrison, A3C "Book of the Month"
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