The Water Museum, Luis Alberto Urrea
The Water Museum, Luis Alberto Urrea
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The Water Museum
Stories

Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

Narrator: Luis Alberto Urrea

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/07/2015

Synopsis

This hard-hitting, beautiful short story collection from one of America's preeminent literary voices “reflect[s] both sides of his Mexican-American heritage while stretching the reader's understanding of human boundaries” (Kirkus).

Examining the borders between one nation and another, between one person and another, Urrea reveals his mastery of the short form. This collection includes the Edgar-award winning "Amapola" and his now-classic "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses," which had the honor of being chosen for NPR's "Selected Shorts" not once but twice.

Suffused with wanderlust, compassion, and no small amount of rock and roll, The Water Museum is a collection that confirms Luis Alberto Urrea as an American master.

About Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea is one of America's most critically acclaimed authors. His previous books include The Hummingbird's Daughter, The Devil's Highway, and Across the Wire. He has received a Lannan Literary Award, a Christopher Award, an American Book Award, and a Western States Book Award. Urrea lives with his family in Naperville, Illinois, where he is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on December 09, 2022

"So this was New Year's Day. This was sunlight. Seventy-eight degrees. This was the sound of the barrio awakening from the party: doves mourning the passing of night, pigeons in the dead palm trees chuckling amid rattling fronds, the mockingbird doing car alarm and church bell iterations in Big Ange......more

Goodreads review by Kasey on May 04, 2015

I devoured this book and want to go back and take my time going through it again, letting each story linger with its beauty and its insight. There is a common thread tying these pieces together - how we care for, or don't care for, each other, including the way in which we use this planet and how th......more

Goodreads review by britt_brooke on May 31, 2021

These thirteen beautifully detailed stories share a common thread of grief and redemption. Every story is strong – my favorites being “Carnations” and “The White Girl,” both are brief snippets, but reach deep into your chest. Urrea elicits such empathy for his characters, addressing race relations i......more

Goodreads review by Tuck on July 15, 2015

urrea should be the mega million seller of books he's written,not some dead hackish lady, or some uk twat and her owls and stuff. it was a delight to revisit (some of these stories were in his first book Six Kinds of Sky: A Collection of Short Fiction ) mr. mendoza and his biting paint brush graffito......more

Quotes

PRAISE FOR INTO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH:

"Deliciously composed...[Urrea writes] in a sweet but serious style...The plot gathers as much strength as the prose."
—Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune

"Awash in a subtle kind of satire...A funny and poignant impossible journey...Into the Beautiful North is a refreshing antidote to all the negativity currently surrounding Mexico."—Roberto Ontiveros, Dallas Morning News

"Magical."—Vanity Fair

"A spirited and enjoyable fable."—San Francisco Chronicle

"Riotously funny....A wonderfully entertaining novel."—Philadelphia Inquirer

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