{"product_id":"a-purpose-to-our-savagery-paperback","title":"A Purpose to Our Savagery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTomas Baiza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mother struggles with what it means to be Chicana as she searches for her son at a powwow. A delivery driver has a fateful encounter with a voracious customer at the end of the world. A grieving father learns the true identity of the hummingbird that hovers outside his kitchen window. A Mexican cowboy--who might or might not be the Messiah--orders a pepperoni pizza on a Friday night. And a troubled young man develops an unexpected bond with his neighbor's racist yard ornament. In his debut collection, Tomás Hulick Baiza explores the poetic and mythic spaces between light and dark, where Aztec gods and more contemporary obsessions fight for dominance. With characters who jump off the page, \u003ci\u003eA Purpose to Our Savagery\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey through tragi-comic, hallucinatory, and even nightmarish landscapes where he exalts the resilience of outsiders in a world inclined to leave them behind. In the end, Baiza's stories highlight the extraordinary and mundane challenges that we overcome to make it to the next day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTomas Baiza\u003c\/b\u003e is originally from San José, California, and now lives in Boise, Idaho. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies and has appeared in various print and online anthologies and journals. When he is not writing, Tomas is running trails, obsessing over bonsai trees, and playing guitar way too loud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767484252448,"sku":"9781955062411","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a67b9df3aefa953ad1998ef0a1ce0d0f.webp?v=1780312265","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-purpose-to-our-savagery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}