Kate Zambreno

"Now, the children feel trapped in that part of the city, and because they've learned, from watching their parents' lives, the limits of their futures, they smash whatever they can, which is usually each other." The almost mythical Los Angeles, in which Nina Revoyr sets the "Southland" of her novel, has navigated the hard labyrinth of history in which races and generations intersect in the still-changing Southern Californian neighborhoods. Her character's presents have been silenced and held back by history, although they shake with past tremors: the Japanese-American law student whose family sat mute through the internment camps, the black social worker whose cousin was mysteriously killed in the riots. With a voice that is honest and clear, and an exacting sense of imagery, Revoyr firmly and gently traces a history of strength and survival, and ultimately, of freedom.

Nina Revoyr reads from "Southland" on April 19 at 7:30pm. Quimby's Books, 1854 West North Avenue, (773)342-0910.

(2003-04-15)

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