Plaza Requiem

$19.95

Winner of the 2018 Latino Book Award for Best Popular Fiction.

In Plaza Requiem: Stories at the Edge of Ordinary Lives, Martha Bátiz has crafted short fictions that are most often about women who are trapped in violent relationships, facing dangerous political situations, or learning to live with the pain of betrayal. These stories shimmer with the surge of vindication that women attain after a powerful exploration of their darkest moments. As an emerging writer, Bátiz is reminiscent of Joyce Carol Oates, Shirley Jackson, and the Cuban author Leonardo Padura, sharing their qualities of precision, haunting vision, and the will to survive against all odds.