Lunes, Nobyembre 30, 2020
BOOK REVIEW OF CECILIA BRAINARD'S TWO SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS
Review by Dr. Herminia Menez Coben
The Halo-Halo Review, Nov. 24, 2020
WOMAN WITH HORNS AND OTHER STORIES by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
(PALH 2020, New Day 1987)
and
ACAPULCO AT SUNSET AND OTHER STORIES by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
(PALH 2020, Anvil 1995)
In her debut collection of short stories, WOMAN WITH HORNS, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard launches her mythical Ubec (Cebu) – a historic, cosmopolitan and vibrant city – the setting of many of her short stories, as well as her most recent novel, THE NEWSPAPER WIDOW.