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          Marisella Veiga was born in Cuba and raised in the United States..

          Flash Focus: An In-Depth Look at Marisella Veiga’s “Fresh Fruit”

          [Editor's Note: Check out Noel's interview with Marisella Veiga here.]


          Marisella Veiga's flash fiction piece "Fresh Fruit" [Veiga, Marisella.

          "Fresh Fruit," Sudden Fiction Latino, (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2010)] unravels a psychologically deep story through the self-revealing commentary of Veiga's nameless Latina narrator.

          I'm proud to introduce my friend Marisella Veiga who is an accomplished author, journalist, and professor.

        1. I'm proud to introduce my friend Marisella Veiga who is an accomplished author, journalist, and professor.
        2. About the Author.
        3. Marisella Veiga was born in Cuba and raised in the United States.
        4. The story delves deep into the psychology of a woman who has learned to live with and accept the life of being married to a machista man who cheats.
        5. Veiga was born in Cuba and a very young girl when her parents decided the new style of government in their home country was not the one under.

          6. Veiga uses this self-delusional narrator to build intrigue and tension and irony to show reality in contrast with what the narrator would like others and herself to believe. Lastly, Veiga cleverly titles the piece "Fresh Fruit" which comes up various times in the story, seemingly innocuously, until readers realize what it symbolizes.


          The perspective and commentary of the older woman, a less than reliable narrator, builds tension and intrigue in the narrative.

          First readers are made to wonder why this older Latina woman is so preoccupied with Susana, the younger Latina