Santiago Jose Sanchez‘s debut Hombrecito has long been on our most anticipated book list. Sanchez’s stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, was listed as an Other Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories 2020, and have been published in journals like Joyland , McSweeney’s, and ZYZZYVA.
Hombrecito follows a young boy who leaves Colombia with his family for America without their father and he is left to navigate a new country and culture without a male figure. When he returns years later, he must confront the life he left behind and reveal to his family who he has become. It has been praised by Xochitl Gonzalez, Brandon Taylor, and Garth Greenwell, among others, as an electrifying book with sentences that will leave you speechless.
Debutiful is proud to give readers a first look at Hombrecito‘s gorgeous cover, designed by Grace Han, that puts an artsy spin on pigeons. See the cover below as well get a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover came to be with a short Q&A with Santiago Jose Sanchez.
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