Dagoberto Gilb’s characters struggle to make ends meet.
(Jean-Luc Bertini)
Book Review
‘Before the End’ by Dagoberto Gilb
Dagoberto Gilb’s characters struggle to make ends meet.
(Jean-Luc Bertini)
In Dagoberto Gilb’s short story collection, “Before the End, After the Beginning,’’ characters live in El Paso, Albuquerque, Austin, or Los Angeles. They’re mostly beaten-down, often unnamed working-class Mexican-Americans or Mexican immigrants trying to survive in the impoverished and often racist neighborhoods of the Southwest. Class distinctions abound. Poverty and crime thrive. Some manage to transcend their pasts but still grapple to reconcile them with their present lives
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