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In the country : stories
Audience Adults
Published 2015 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York
ISBN 9780385352819
Bib Id 1890659
Edition First edition.
Description 347 pages ; 22 cm
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02893nam a22004578i 4500
LCCN
2014-036940
ISBN
9780385352819 hardcover $26.95
0385352816
9780804171496 paperback $16.95
0804171491
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FIC Alvar
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Short stories. Selections
Title
In the country : stories
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2015 by Alfred A. Knopf, New York :
Description
347 pages ; 22 cm
Contents
The kontrabida -- The miracle worker -- Legends of the white lady -- Shadow families -- The Virgin of Monte Ramon -- Esmeralda -- Old girl -- A contract overseas -- In the country.
Summary
"A powerful, globe-trotting debut short-story collection from an exciting new writer--vivid, character-driven stories about Filipinos from every walk of life. Mia Alvar's stunning debut gives us a vivid, insightful picture of the Filipino diaspora: exiles and emigrants and wanderers uprooting their families to begin new lives in the Middle East and America--and, sometimes, turning back. One man smuggles drugs from his pharmacy in New York to Manila for his ailing father, only to discover an alarming truth about his mother. A woman living in Bahrain faces a challenge that compels her to question her marriage. A college student in Manila struggling to write fiction knows that her brother, who has gone abroad to make money, is the one living a life that stories are made of. The novella-length title story follows the unexpected fates of a journalist and a nurse during the 1970s labor strikes in Manila. Exploring the universal experience of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined, In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home"--
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