{"product_id":"the-king-is-always-above-the-people-stories-9780525534624","title":"The King Is Always Above the People: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED for the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the MacArthur \"genius\" and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWar by Candlelight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt Night We Walk in Circles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Migration. Betrayal. Family secrets. Doomed love. Uncertain futures. In Daniel Alarcón's hands, these are transformed into deeply human stories with high stakes. In \"The Thousands,\" people are on the move and forging new paths; hope and heartbreak abound. A man deals with the fallout of his blind relatives' mysterious deaths and his father's mental breakdown and incarceration in \"The Bridge.\" A gang member discovers a way to forgiveness and redemption through the haze of violence and trauma in \"The Ballad of Rocky Rontal.\" And in the tour de force novella, \"The Auroras\", a man severs himself from his old life and seeks to make a new one in a new city, only to find himself seduced and controlled by a powerful woman. Richly drawn, full of unforgettable characters, \u003ci\u003eThe King is Always Above the People\u003c\/i\u003e reveals experiences both unsettling and unknown, and yet eerily familiar in this new world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16178057\"\u003eDaniel Alarcón\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525534624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0525534628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC056000\"\u003eHispanic \u0026amp; Latino | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Alarcón\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the collection \u003ci\u003eThe King Is Always Above the People\u003c\/i\u003e, longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction, the novel \u003ci\u003eAt Night We Walk in Circles\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2014 PEN-Faulkner Award, as well as the story collection \u003ci\u003eWar by Candlelight\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eLost City Radio\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHarpers\u003c\/i\u003e, and he was named one of the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e's \"20 under 40\" and a MacArthur \"Genius\" Fellowship. He is Executive Producer of \u003ci\u003eRadio Ambulante\u003c\/i\u003e, and teaches at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44502325952651,"sku":"9780525534624","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_2c484c13-2485-4b65-b173-a75da00ffe15.jpg?v=1763669460","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-king-is-always-above-the-people-stories-9780525534624","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}