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Sámano Córdova, Gerardo.
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Monsters -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Fiction.
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Sámano Córdova, Gerardo.
Monsters -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Fiction.
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Monstrilio
/ Gerardo Sámano Córdova.
by
Sámano Córdova, Gerardo.
Zando, 2023.
Call #:
FICTION SAM
Subjects
Monsters -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Grief -- Fiction.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781638930365 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
326 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"A novel"--Cover.
Summary:
Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal instinct and the dubious logic of an old folktale, she nurtures the lung until it gains sentience, growing into the carnivorous little
Monstrilio
she keeps hidden within the walls of her family's decaying Mexico City estate. Eventually,
Monstrilio
begins to resemble the Santiago he once was, but his innate impulses--though curbed by his biological and chosen family's communal care--threaten to destroy this fragile second chance at life.
Genre:
Magic realism (Literature)
Literary fiction.
Horror fiction.
First novel
Holds:
11
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Adult Fiction
FICTION SAM
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Jun 29, 2024
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Adult Fiction
FICTION SAM
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Jun 27, 2024
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Adult Fiction
FICTION SAM
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