LOTERÍA
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With her older sister Estrella in the ICU and her father in jail, eleven-year-old Luz Castillo has been taken into the custody of the state. Alone in her room, the young girl retreats behind a wall of silence, writing in her journal and shuffling through a deck of Lotería cards—a Mexican version of bingo featuring bright, colorful images... read more
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A surprising, spellbinding tale richly imaginative and atmospheric, Lotería is an exquisite debut novel from an outstanding new
voice in fiction.
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"An original and beautifully written debut."
—New York Post
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"Zambrano’s stellar debut is proof positive that good things come in small packages."
—Booklist, Starred Review
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"An intriguing debut and an elegiac, miniature entry in the literature of Latin American diaspora that will break your heart."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
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"By the end of this book we have fallen in love. Bravo to a marvelous debut!"
—Andrew Sean Greer, author of The Confessions of Max Tivoli
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"This gorgeous, one-of-a-kind debut, marks the emergence of a singular and powerful new literary voice."
—Amber Dermont, New York Times Bestselling author of The Starboard Sea and Damage Control: Stories
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"Zambrano finds the happy and sad music of childhood ... an entrancing work."
—Lynne Tillman, author of Someday This Will Be Funny
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"a beautiful, gripping, and lyrical set of riddles (asked and solved) about life—and—death matters in one family."
—Charles Baxter, author of Gryphon: New and Selected Stories and The Feast of Love
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"An impressive first step for an artist exploring a new medium."
—Kirkus Reviews
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"If a book can be a spirit, this one is lithe, beautiful, and true."
—Ru Freeman, author of A Disobedient Girl
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"A bold, deeply-felt tragedy made powerful through a small girl's touching voice."
—Josh Weil, author of The New Valley
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"At once rueful and playful, innocent and canny, with a true breath of life."
—Kevin Brockmeier, author of The History of the Dead and The Illumination
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"A taut, fraught, look at tragedy, its aftermath, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive."
—Justin Torres, We The Animals
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