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The faraway world stories

A collection of ten haunting short stories linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Engel, Patricia (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Avid Reader Press, 2023.
Edition:	First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Short stories.
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Summary:	A collection of ten haunting short stories linked by themes of migration, sacrifice, and moral compromise bring to life the liminality of regret, the vibrancy of community, and the epic deeds and quiet moments of love.
Physical Description:	200 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9781982159528 1982159529
Author Notes:	Patricia Engel is the author of Infinite Country, a New York Times bestseller and Reese's Book Club selection; The Veins of the Ocean , winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; It's Not Love, It's Just Paris , winner of the International Latino Book Award; and Vida , a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards, New York Times Notable Book, and winner of Colombia's national book award, the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her stories appear in The Best American Short Stories , The Best American Mystery Stories , The O. Henry Prize Stories , and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents, and herself a dual citizen, Patricia is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of Miami.