Download or read book Give the Pig a Chance & Other Stories written by David Rice and published by Bilingual Review Press (AZ). This book was released on 1996 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the title story, two cousins fight over the death of a potbelled pig but come to a sincere reconciliation in the end. In "Tina La Tinaca," a woman grieving over the death of her son grows so obese that when she dies, an emergency crew must widen the doorway of her home so that her body can be removed. Culture and place figure prominently in Rice's work; most of the stories are set in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and explore issues surrounding contemporary Mexican American life near the border. These stories ring with the author's distinctive voice and will certainly establish him as one of the most important young Chicano writers today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved