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Item specifics

Condition
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Publication Date
2015-06-16
Pages
368
ISBN
9780385352819
Book Title
In the Country : Stories
Item Length
8.5in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
2015
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1.3in
Author
Mia Alvar
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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These nine globe-trotting, unforgettable stories from Mia Alvar, a remarkable new literary talent, vividly give voice to the women and men of the Filipino diaspora. Here are exiles, emigrants, and wanderers uprooting their families from the Philippines to begin new lives in the Middle East, the United States, and elsewhere and, sometimes, turning back again. A pharmacist living in New York smuggles drugs to his ailing father in Manila, only to discover alarming truths about his family and his past. In Bahrain, a Filipina teacher drawn to a special pupil finds, to her surprise, that she is questioning her own marriage. A college student leans on her brother, a laborer in Saudi Arabia, to support her writing ambitions, without realizing that his is the life truly made for fiction. And in the title story, a journalist and a nurse face an unspeakable trauma amidst the political turmoil of the Philippines in the 1970s and 80s. In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar s powerful debut collection explores the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. Deeply compassionate and richly felt, In the Country marks the emergence of a formidable new writer."

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385352816
ISBN-13
9780385352819
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204225972

Product Key Features

Book Title
In the Country : Stories
Author
Mia Alvar
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary
Publication Year
2015
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3601.L863a6 2015
Reviews
"Stunning. . . . each story feels as rich, as deep, and as crafted as a novel. Equally impressive is the confident fluidity with which Alvar moves from Manila to Bahrain to Tokyo, from 1971 to 1986 to the 21st century. . . . Throughout Alvar's stories, the language is as elegant as it is durable, while the lines of class, race, gender, and history are both blurred and crystallized." -- Publishers Weekly (starred)   "With a lyrical grace similar to the stories [of] Jhumpa Lahiri and a psychological acuity we find in Yoko Ogawa's novellas, here is a talented new voice named Mia Alvar. The stories she's written are the kind that can make a difference, the kind that can hold a fist up to your heart without letting go of their hold on you: the kind with a light inside of them, whispering all the while, 'This is life. This is my heart and mind in the world.' An extremely promising debut." --Mario Alberto Zambrano, author of Loteria   "A superb debut collection that reads like the work of a seasoned writer. Mia Alvar illuminates the lives of her characters with such penetrating insight, wisdom, and compassion that it's impossible not to experience their struggles and aspirations as your own. Even as it satisfies, In the Country leaves the reader hungry for more from this gifted, sensitive storyteller." --Sigrid Nunez, author of The Last of Her Kind   " In the Country is an absolutely beautiful book--generous and heartbreaking, empathetic and insightful. Mia Alvar is an incredible storyteller, patient, assured and in utter control--every one of the endings in this gorgeous debut knocked me flat. A truly extraordinary collection of stories--I loved it." --Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans   "It's hard to believe that In the Country is Mia Alvar's debut: her diamond prose sparkles so brightly and cuts so deeply. Each marvelous story shows us a facet of the Philippines at a distance--through the eyes of expats in Bahrain and Saudi, immigrants abroad and returning, and casual visitors--but what they illuminate most clearly is the distance between home and heart, and how our ties to the past can be simultaneously tenuous and tenacious." -- Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2014-036940
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Dewey Edition
23

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