The People of Paper Author:Salvador Plascencia Among gang warfare and paper cuts, this book is about the wounds made by first love and sharp objects. The People of Paper reveals the ever elusive prophesies of the Shandean Baby Nostradamus and the approximate temperature and incendiary potential of halos. Herein disillusioned and AWOL saints reclaim their crowns and fight purses, while a gang... more » of flower pickers go off to war, led by a lonely man who cannot help but wet his bed in sadness. Part memoir, part lies, this is a story about loving a woman made of paper.« less
Amazing book--SO worth the effort needed to unravel the layers of narrative. Plascencia's prose is beautiful, and the characters are all so interesting. All in all, a heartfelt meditation on the anguish and self-pity of lost love.