Sky over El Nido

by Mayo, C. M.

• ISBN13: 9780820321196
• ISBN10: 0820321192
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr

Summary

"Mother rescued the three zebras that escaped from the London zoo"--so begins the first story in this whirlwind collection by C. M. Mayo. Though Mayo's characters ricochet around the globe in search of diversion, money, enlightenment, cachet, and escape, she sets many of the stories inSky Over El Nidoin Mexico. This is not the gringo's Mexico of margaritas, mariachis, and inscrutable house servants, but a fin-de-siecle world where a Mexican boy who guards tourists' cars for small change wears a T-shirt that says "Six Flags Over Georgia." Mayo's strangely beautiful yet disturbing stories reveal characters who envision the solutions to their lives in a world where nothing is stable, nothing can be nailed down, and we are all suddenly, dizzyingly faced with sharing the same pitiless sky.

Author Biography

A native of Texas, C. M. Mayo now lives in Mexico City. She has published stories in the Paris Review, Southwest Review, Northwest Review, and the Quarterly.

Table of Contents

Chabela del Rio y de la Fuente Contreras, Thrice Married (Once Divorced), Reflects on Her Relationship with Her Mother While Lying on Her Bed, Mexico City, 1990	1	(15)
Sky Over El Nido	16	(7)
The Third Day	23	(11)
The Jaguarundi	34	(13)
Davy Whittlespoon Rex	47	(14)
The Wedding	61	(10)
Tzintzuntzan	71	(10)
Coyote Don't Bite	81	(10)
O	91	(6)
Majesty	97	(16)
Willow	113	(16)
What Fish This Fish?	129	(5)
Rainbow's End	134