Description: Infinite Country : A Novel by Patricia Engel (2021, Hardcover). Infinite Country by Patricia Engel (2021 First Edition Hardcover) Infinite Country: A Novel Hardcover – March 2, 2021by Patricia Engel A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2021 NEW AMERICAN VOICES AWARD, LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL, A 2022 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST, ANDA NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS “BIG READS” SELECTION “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 Esquire, O, The Oprah Magazine, Elle, GMA, New York Post, Ms. Magazine, The Millions, Electric Literature, LitHub, AARP, Refinery29, BuzzFeed, Autostraddle, She Reads, Alma, and 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 Bogotá, where her father and a plane ticket to the United States are waiting for her. If she misses her flight, she might also miss her chance to finally be reunited with her family in the north. How this family came to occupy two different countries, two different worlds, comes into focus like twists of a kaleidoscope. We see Talia’s parents, Mauro and Elena, fall in love in a market stall as teenagers against a backdrop of civil war and social unrest. We see them leave Bogotá with their firstborn, Karina, in pursuit of safety and opportunity in the United States on a temporary visa, and we see the births of two more children, Nando and Talia, on 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-winning, internationally acclaimed author Patricia Engel, herself a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, gives voice to all five family members as they navigate the particulars of their respective circumstances. And all the while, the metronome ticks: Will Talia make it to Bogotá in time? And if she does, can 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 life, steeped in Andean myth, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America, Infinite Country is the story of two countries and one mixed-status family—for whom every triumph is stitched with regret, and every dream pursued bears the weight of a dream deferred.
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Type: Novel
Personalize: No
Signed: No
Book Series: None
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Features: Dust Jacket, Unabridged
Original Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Intended Audience: Adults, Young Adults
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Edition: First Edition
Book Title: Infinite Country : a Novel
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Patricia Engel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Hispanic & Latino, Family Life, Thrillers / General, Literary
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 11.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
