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Infinite Country

$6.00

Patricia Engel

1 in stock

SKU: CA841 Book Condition: Very Good Notes: BOTM edition Category:

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A knockout of a novel…we predict [Infinite Country] will be viewed as one of 2021’s best.” —O,The Oprah Magazine Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 from EsquireOThe Oprah MagazineElleGMANew York PostMs. MagazineThe MillionsElectric LiteratureLitHubAARPRefinery29BuzzFeedAutostraddleShe ReadsAlmaand more. I often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an impulsive act of violence that may or may not have been warranted. She urgently needs to get out and get back home to Bogotáwhere her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flightshe might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this family came to occupy two different countriestwo different worldscomes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parentsMauro and Elenafall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstbornKarinain pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visaand we see the births of two more childrenNando and Taliaon American soil. We witness the decisions and indecisions that lead to Mauro’s deportation and the family’s splintering—the costs they’ve all been living with ever since. Award-winninginternationally acclaimed author Patricia Engelherself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrantsgives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. And all the whilethe metronome ticks: Will Talia make it to Bogotá in time? And if she doescan she bring herself to trade the solid facts of her father and life in Colombia for the distant vision of her mother and siblings in America? Rich with Bogotá urban lifesteeped in Andean mythand tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in AmericaInfinite Country is the story of two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regretand every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred.

Infinite Country

$6.00

1 in stock

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