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Rubén Degollado

Biography

Rubén Degollado

Rubén Degollado is an educator from Texas, and is the author of THE FAMILY IZQUIERDO and the young adult novel THROW. His fiction has appeared in Beloit Fiction Journal, Gulf Coast, Hayden’s Ferry Review and Image.

Rubén Degollado

Books by Rubén Degollado

by Rubén Degollado - Fiction

The tight-knit Izquierdo family is grappling with misfortunes none of them can explain. Their beloved patriarch has suffered from an emotional collapse and is dying; eldest son Gonzalo’s marriage is falling apart; daughter Dina, beleaguered by the fear that her nightmares are real, is a shut-in. When Gonzalo digs up a strange object in the backyard of the family home, the Izquierdos take it as proof that a jealous neighbor has cursed them. Could this be the reason for all their troubles? As the Izquierdos face a distressing present and an uncertain future, they are sustained by the blood that binds them, a divine presence and an abiding love for one another.