Description

An ambitious homage to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, The Brubury Tales takes Chaucer's story and frame to Los Angeles just after the riots, where seven security guards on the graveyard shift swap tales in a hilarious storytelling competition for Christmas vacation time. The tales themselves are "readable" updates of classic stories by Dostoevsky, Dickens, Boccaccio, O Henry, Poe, Twain, Gilman, Crane, Saki, Anderson, Bierce, and even Khayyam's Rubaiyat. This edition also contains a special foreword by California literary legend, Carolyn See, the Friday-morning book reviewer for The Washington Post and bestselling author of Handyman and There Will Never Be Another You.

Praise and Reviews

*Winner of the Poet Laureate Award Nomination from UCLA and Cal

*Winner of Reader Views 2011 Reviewers Choice Award for Poetry Book of the Year

*Winner of the 2011 Bookhitch Award for the Most Innovative Poetry Book of the Year

*Selected by Powell Library for its month-long WORDS... exibit.

"The Brubury Tales [by Frank Mundo] is a landmark book, in what is going to be -- and already is -- an exceptional, distinguished literary career." - Carolyn See, book reviewer for The Washington Post and bestselling author of Handyman.

5 Stars: "A fine collection and not one to be missed" - Midwest Book Reviews

5 Stars: "Poetry, for the modern poetry reader, can teeter on tedious and sing-songy, sometimes disengaging the reader from the subject, but this is not the case here. [Mundo's] skill is astounding and has a natural cadence. These stories are intriguing and compellingly human, and soon enough the reading becomes listening. --Sacramento Book Reviews

5 stars: "Brubury Tales" is a brilliant blend of writing, combining the style of Chaucer while putting a new slant on the short stories of the classical writers. - Richard Blake for Reader Views
 
5 stars: Frank Mundo has taken the format of the classic Canterbury Tales and propelled it into modern times. The more I got into the rhythm of Frank's brilliantly written poetry, the more I enjoyed it and felt compelled to keep reading." Morgan St. James, author of Seven Deadly Samovars
 
5 stars: "I finished the book in one sitting...The Brubury Tales is by far the most creative book I've read in years! - Shelly Rachanow, author of What Would You Do If You Ran The World?
 
5 stars: "The Brubury Tales is a unique and powerful new book...Frank takes risks with his writing, which is sensitive, thoughtful, and gritty. Frank Mundo's security guards share their suspicions, and they show us their raw and innermost feelings. They also leave us with a sense of hope. - Laura Frazin Steele, LA Books Examiner

Author Interviews

Frank Mundo interviewed by Chris Treece

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